Legal Opinion

Maze v. Grogan

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided May 9, 1997No. 96 CA 1413PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

|2FOIL, Judge.

This appeal challenges a trial court’s factual determination that an automobile accident did not occur during the course and scope of a police officer’s employment with the defendant police department. We find no error in that ruling, and affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On February 19, 1994, Felicia Maze was killed in a vehicular accident when her fian-cée, Marvin Grogan, drove his Mazda Proté-gé into the path of an oncoming vehicle. Felicia’s parents, Ivy Jean and Darrell Maze, filed survival and wrongful death actions against Grogan and his automobile insurer, State…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Stobart v. State Through DOTDSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
  2. LeBrane v. LewisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1974
  3. Orgeron on Behalf of Orgeron v. McDonaldSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1994
  4. Ermert v. Hartford Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1990
  5. Johnson v. DufreneLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1983

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