Legal Opinion
Begnaud v. Deboisblanc
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 8, 1975No. 5173PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
CULPEPPER, Judge.
This is a suit for damages for the wrongful death of 11-year old Brian Beg-naud, who fell from a load of hay on a pick-up truck. Plaintiff-appellant is Brian’s mother. The defendants are the driver of the truck, his employer, and his insurer. A jury found the truck driver free of negligence. Plaintiff appealed.
The decisive issue on appeal is whether the truck driver was negligent.
On the date of the accident, Eugene De-boisblanc, 21 years of age, was in charge of a crew which was hauling hay from the field to the barn on a farm owned by his father, Mr. A. D. Deboisblanc.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Canter v. Koehring CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
- Whitney v. Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1969
- Robert Douglas Lafitte v. Grain Dealers Mutual InsuranceLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1960
3Cited by1 opinion
- Begnaud v. DeboisblancSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976