Middlebrooks v. International Indemnity

liDOUCET, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a lower court judgment taxing jury costs against defendant-appellant, International Indemnity Company (International), and taxing court costs equally between defendant-appellant, International, and defendant-appellee, State Farm Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm). The record reveals the following facts:

On August 24, 1994, the plaintiffs, Jerry and Effie Middlebrooks, filed suit for damages arising out of an automobile accident. Named as defendants in their petition |2were International Indemnity Company, and its insured, Peggy Deville, as…