Trammel v. State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Co.

CRAIN, Judge.

Linda Trammel, a guest passenger in a vehicle owned and operated by her aunt, Shirley Hodge sued Ms. Hodge and her insurer, the Tangipahoa Parish Council, as the custodian of the roadway; General Motors Corporation, as the manufacturer of the vehicle’s seat belts, and plaintiff’s uninsured motorist carrier for injuries she claims she sustained, on April 23,1987, when the vehicle in which she was riding allegedly struck a “pothole” on South Thibodeaux Road in Poncha-toula, Louisiana. In a bifurcated trial1 judgment was rendered in favor of the appellees and against the plaintiff,…