Legal Opinion
Watson v. Hicks
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 27, 2015No. Nos. 2015-CA-0046, 2015-CA-0047, 2015-CA-0048PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSEMARY LEDET, Judge.
| iThis is a tort suit for personal injury and property damages arising out of an accident involving a pick-up truck and a garbage truck. The plaintiffs are the pickup truck’s driver, Bazzel Hamdan (“Mr. Hamdan”); front seat passenger, Mazen Hamdan (Mr. Hamdan’s brother); back seat passenger, Alvin Watson (Mr. Ham-dan’s tenant); and owner, Muhiden Ham-dan (Mr. Hamdan’s mother). The primary defendants are the driver of the garbage truck, Gregory Hicks, and the driver’s employer, IESI LA Corporation (“IESI”). Following a bench trial, the trial court found Mr. Hicks solely…
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