Poirier v. Acadiana Bottling Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
1Opinion of the Court
YELVERTON, Judge.
This is an appeal by Dudley Poirier and his wife Harriet, the plaintiffs, from a judgment based on a jury verdict rejecting their demands for damages in a suit brought against Everett Castillo, Castillo’s employer, and its insurer. Poirier claimed that he was standing on a highway when Castillo drove by him in a delivery truck, and that a mirror on the side of the truck hit Poirier in the head. The verdict in this ease was that Castillo was not negligent and that his conduct was not a cause in fact of Poirier’s injuries and damages. The jury was asked to find the amount of…
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