Castelluccio v. Cloverland Dairy Products Co.

In January, 1924, Lucy Fratello, the wife of Salvador Castelluecio, and the mother of Lucia Castelluecio, a minor, was killed in the city of New Orleans by being struck by an iron post, which fell across a sidewalk. This post supported a gallery, and ■was knocked down by a truck pf defendant company while driven by one of its employees.

Salvador Castelluecio, the surviving husband, instituted suit against defendant company for himself and his minor daughter in the civil district court for the parish of Orleans, and obtained judgment in the sum of $5,000, or $2,500 each, as damages for injuries…