Francis v. Herrin Transportation Company

BELL, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered in favor of the defendants, Herrin Transportation Company and its employee Jerome Duhon, based on a jury verdict. The appellant is the widow of Lawrence Francis, who sued in her individual capacity and on behalf of her two minor children to recover damages resulting from the death of Lawrence Francis alleged to be the • result of the negligence of both defendants.

On or about April 18, 1966, a Herrin trailer-tractor truck driven by Duhon was in collision near Eunice, Louisiana, with a Buick automobile owned and occupied by Francis…