Lanaux v. Marquette Casualty Co.

YARRUT, Judge.

These two suits were consolidated for trial because they involve the same parties and the same accident.

Plaintiffs, aged 51 and 53 respectively, are the sole surviving sons and children of their 75-year-old father, and his pre-deceased wife, their mother. Defendants are the St. Charles Parish School Board; its liability insurer, Marquette Casualty Company; and Lester M. Hackman, driver of the School Board’s pickup truck involved in the accident which resulted in the death of Plaintiffs’ father.

Plaintiffs’ father was killed almost instantly on a state highway, as explained…