Berard v. Home State County Mutual Ins.

GREMILLION, Judge.

| ,We are called upon to determine whether the trial court properly granted summary judgment in favor of Home State County Mutual Insurance Company, dismissing the demands of Norbert Berard, Sr. We conclude that it was not, for the reasons that follow.

FACTS

On September 11, 2008, Berard was allegedly south-bound on Louisiana Highway 839 in Lafayette Parish. So was Julian Palma, who was driving a pickup truck owned by Rolando Mata. Palma continued operating Mata’s truck in a south-bound direction, even after his path was interrupted by the rear-end of a vehicle driven by…