Branan v. Allstate Insurance Co.

I «SOL GOTHARD, Judge.

Defendants, Lawrence Russon and his insurer, Allstate Insurance Company (Allstate), appeal a judgment by the trial court which cast them in judgment to plaintiff, Christopher Branan, in the amount of $158,290.60 for damages sustained in an automobile accident.

This action began as one of two lawsuits which arose from a multiple car accident which occurred on December 1, 1995.1 On that day several vehicles, including one driven by Christopher Branan, were stopped at a red light on Barataría Boulevard when the vehicle driven by defendant Lawrence Russon failed to stop. Mr.…