Adriatic Insurance Co. v. Holt

THIBODEAUX, Judge.

Defendants, Bobby Bynog and Russell Holt Logging, Inc. (Holt), appeal an adverse judgment on a subrogation claim in favor of Adriatic Insurance Company (Adriatic). The trial judge found Bynog was the sole cause of damages to a truck owned by Adriatic’s insured, Willie Howell. The judgment was for the amount Adriatic paid Howell pursuant to a collision policy on his truck.

Bynog and Holt claim the trial court committed error in finding Bynog at fault by ruling the 1990 amendment to LSA-R.S. 22:1379(3)(b) applies prospectively, and in qualifying two of plaintiffs’ witnesses as…