Faught v. Ryder/PIE Nationwide, Inc.

SHORTESS, Judge.

This is the second time this case has been before us. Our opinion dated April 11, 1989, reversed a summary judgment granted to Ryder/P*I*E Nationwide, Inc. (defendant). The suit was brought by Betty Faught, as tutrix of Bennett Scott Burns and Donald Stacy Burns, the two minor children of Donald Wayne Burns (decedent), and by the major child Ferris Shaine Burns, individually, for death benefits under LSA-R.S. 23:1231. (Defendant’s motion for summary judgment was brought against these parties.) The summary judgment apparently was granted on two grounds: (1) that plaintiffs had…