Legal Opinion
LaGrappe v. Progressive Security Insurance Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 23, 2014No. 14-720PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PICKETT, Judge.
|,The defendant sheriff appeals the judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiffs for injuries they sustained when their vehicle was rear-ended on Interstate 210 (1-210) in Lake Charles after a sheriffs deputy blocked both eastbound lanes of 1-210 for a funeral procession to merge onto the interstate. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment.
FACTS
On December 13, 2010, the Calcasieu Parish Sheriffs Office Funeral Division was escorting a funeral procession from Johnson’s Funeral Home in Lake Charles, Louisiana to Dry Creek, Louisiana. The funeral procession left the…
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- Rando v. Anco Insulations Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 2009
- Adams v. Rhodia, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 2008
- Viator v. GilbertSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1968
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