Lewis v. Sorrel Electrical Contractors, Inc.

LOTTINGER, Judge.

Plaintiff, Idella Lewis, filed suit seeking damages for the death of her son, Nelson Lewis, who was involved in a pickup truck/motorcycle accident which occurred on October 20, 1980 in Jeanerette, Louisiana. Sorrel Electrical Contractors, Inc.’s employee, Hermann J. Zimmerman, was operating the pickup truck which backed into the pathway of the motorcycle causing Nelson Lewis to be ejected from the motorcycle thereby causing his death.

After suit was filed discovery revealed that Nelson Lewis may have fathered an illegitimate son named Reginald Sam. Thereafter, defendants filed…