CA-0019-0688 Nonprecedential Affirmed as amended Processed

Marianne Walsh v. James Lee Caskey

Louisiana Court of Appeal, Third Circuit · Filed November 12, 2020

Opinion text

STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT

19-688
CONSOLIDATED WITH 19-687

MARIANNE WALSH

VERSUS

JAMES LEE CASKEY, ET AL.

CONSOLIDATED WITH

GRACE LANTIER

VERSUS

JAMES LEE CASKEY, ET AL.

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APPEAL FROM THE
SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
PARISH OF IBERIA, NO. 126518
HONORABLE CURTIS SIGUR, DISTRICT JUDGE

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D. KENT SAVOIE
JUDGE

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Court composed of Billy Howard Ezell, Shannon J. Gremillion, and D. Kent
Savoie, Judges.

AFFIRMED AS AMENDED.

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A. R. Johnson, III
Kevin W. Welsh
Phelps Dunbar, LLP
400 Convention Street, Suite 1100
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802-5618
(225) 346-0285
COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS:
BNSF Railway Company
James Lee Caskey

Kevin M. Dills
Davidson, Meaux, Sonnier
Post Office Drawer 2908
Lafayette, Louisiana 70502
(337) 237-1660
COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS:
BNSF Railway Company
James Lee Caskey

Morris M. Haik, III
Attorney At Law
511 West St. Peters Street
New Iberia, Louisiana 70560
(337) 560-4357
COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS:
BNSF Railway Company
James Lee Caskey

Katherine P. Martin
Martin Mayard, LLC
Post Office Box 81338
Lafayette, Louisiana 70598-1338
(337) 291-2440
COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLEE:
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

Sera Hearn Russell, III
Attorney at Law
Post Office Box 53866
Lafayette, Louisiana 70505-3866
(337) 769-3260
COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT:
Grace Lantier

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M. Charles Brandt, Jr.
Attorney at Law
111 Mercury Street
Lafayette, Louisiana 70503
(337) 237-7171
COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT:
Marianne Walsh

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SAVOIE, Judge.

For the reasons assigned in the companion and consolidated case of Grace

Lantier v. James Lee Caskey, et al, 19-687 (La.App. 3 Cir. ___/___/20),

___So.3d___, the judgment of the trial court is amended to include future general

damages awarded to Grace Lantier in the amount of $50,000.00. The judgment is

affirmed in all other respects. Costs of this appeal are assessed equally between

BNSF Railway Company, James Lee Caskey, and Grace Lantier.

AFFIRMED AS AMENDED.

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