Scott v. Coastal Dragline Works, Inc.

LeBLANC, Judge.

Plaintiffs, Joseph Ruby Scott and Elaine Terrebonne Scott, appeal from a judgment rendered in their favor against defendants, Wesley L. Fitch, Coastal Dragline Works, Inc. and United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company (USF & G).1 Mr. and Mrs. Scott brought suit against these defendants seeking damages for personal injury and property damages resulting from an automobile accident.2

The automobile accident, from which these claims arise, occurred on March 19, 1984. Mrs. Scott was driving her vehicle in a northbound lane of Louisiana Highway 56. She stopped her vehicle at a red…