Green v. Hale

SUMMERS, Chief Justice.

This suit was brought by Manuel Hale, plaintiff, under both the Wrongful Death Act (Article 4671 et seq.) 1 and the Survival Statute (Article 5525) against L. A. Green, individually, and Green & Flannagan, a partnership, defendants, for damages resulting from the death of plaintiff’s thirteen-year-old son, Ronzell Hale, in an automobile accident July 28, 1975, allegedly caused by the negligence of defendant, L. A. Green.

The case was tried to a jury which answered all liability issues favorable to the plaintiff and exonerated the deceased of all contributory negligence;…