Legal Opinion
Breithaupt v. Sellers
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 14, 1980No. 7214PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STOKER, Judge.
Plaintiff, Robert Breithaupt, Jr., brought this tort action against Luke Sellers to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff when he was shot. Plaintiff also filed suit against Houston General Insurance Company seeking damages for the same injury.1 At the trial of these consolidated cases, following the presentation of plaintiff’s case, defendant Sellers moved for a directed verdict. The trial judge directed a verdict in favor of defendants holding that plaintiff had been contrib-utorily negligent. From this adverse judgment, plaintiff has perfected this…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Campbell v. MoutonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1979
- Weber v. Phoenix Assurance Company of New YorkSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
- Walter C. Thompson, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Janie Underdown Thompson, Deceased v. Illinois Central Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1970
- Hanover Insurance Company v. William Fred Berry, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
3Cited by3 opinions
- Breithaupt v. SellersSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
- Breithaupt v. Houston General Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1981
- Breithaupt v. SellersSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980