Duree v. Maryland Casualty Company

HAMITER, Justice.

Plaintiff instituted this action to obtain damage awards for herself and her minor child, the claim having arisen out of the death of her husband that resulted from a highway intersectional collision in East Baton Rouge Parish on October 27, 1954. Involved in the mishap were an automobile occupied by the decedent (as a guest passenger) and a motor ambulance belonging to the State of Louisiana. At the time the latter vehicle was being used in connection with operations of the East Louisiana Hospital and driven by an employee of that state agency.

Named defendants initially were…