Jones v. Becnel

OPINION

R. BLAKE WEST, District Judge.

In this matter Mrs. Merle Auguste Jones, as Administratrix of the Estate of her three minor children, brought a wrongful death action under Article 2315 of the Louisiana Civil Code against Joseph L. Becnel, Paul Oubre, and their insurer, Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York, and against St. James Sugar Cooperative, Inc. and its insurer, Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company. Mrs. Jones and her children are citizens of California, and there was diversity as to all defendants.

The decedent, Emile Auguste, Jr., who prior to his death was the…