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TAPIA v. HAM

Nos. 17353-CA, 17354-CA.

480 So.2d 855 (1985)

Helen TAPIA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert HAM et al., Defendants-Appellees. Phyllis BENZINGER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert HAM et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 10, 1986.

Writ Denied March 14, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brown, Williams & Tucker by Jack A. Williams, Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellant Helen Tapia.

Donald R. Miller, A.P.L.C., Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellant Phyllis Benzinger.

Mayer, Smith & Roberts by Walter O. Hunter, Jr., Shreveport, for defendants-appellants, Ford Motor Co. and Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.

Lunn, Irion, Johnson, Salley & Carlisle by James B. Gardner, Shreveport, for defendants-appellees and third party plaintiffs Wray Ford, Inc.

Smitherman, Lunn, Chastain & Hill by W. James Hill, III, Shreveport, for defendants-appellees and third party plaintiffs Equipment Lessors, Inc. and Wray Ford, Inc.

Before MARVIN, JASPER E. JONES and FRED W. JONES, Jr., JJ.

FRED W. JONES, Jr., Judge.

Phyllis Benzinger rented a car from Wray Ford, Inc. ("Wray"), a franchise dealership of Ford Motor Company ("Ford"). Accompanied by Helen Tapia as a passenger, Mrs. Benzinger was driving the rental vehicle in Caddo Parish when it was rearended by an automobile operated by Robert Ham, an uninsured motorist. Both occupants of the rental car sustained serious injuries.

In separate actions, now consolidated, Mrs. Benzinger and Mrs. Tapia...

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