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KNOTEN v. WESTBROOK

Nos. 2014-CA-0892, 2014-CA-0895, 2014-CA-0893, 2014-CA-0896, 2014-CA-0894.

193 So.3d 380 (2016)

Lewis KNOTEN Individually and as Natural Tutor of Lalila Knoten and the Estate of Danielle Adams v. Tammy WESTBROOK, AAA Insurance Co., Alvin Welch, State Farm Insurance Co. Candice Walker, Individually and on Behalf of her Deceased Children, K.T. and D.H. v. Tammy Westbrook, Western Star Transportation LLC, Western Star Transport, LLC, et al. Carlos Hite, Jr., Individually and as Natural Tutor of Di'Avion Hite (Deceased) v. National Specialty Insurance Company; Western Star Transport, LLC, Tammy Westbrook, Lewis Knoten and Alvin Welch. Evelyn Brown, Individually and on Behalf of her Minor Granddaughter, Laila Knoten v. Western Star Transportation, L.L.C., National Specialty Insurance Company, Tammy P. Westbrook, Lewis C. Knoten and Alvin J. Welch.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 31, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Blake Jones, Joshua L. Rubenstein Scheuermann & Jones, New Orleans, LA, Richard E. Holmes, Jr. (Pro Hac Vice), Holmes & Wiseley, P.C., Grand Rapids, MI, Peter A. Barbee, Patrick J. Eskew, Barbee & Associates, PC, New Orleans, LA, Ronald L. Wilson, Attorney at Law, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellants.

Claude David Vasser, Jr., Vasser & Vasser, Baton Rouge, LA, Virginia Y. Dodd, Marshall M. Redmon, Kevin W. Welsh, Phelps Dunbar LLP, Baton Rouge, LA, Roy C. Cheatwood, John B. Davis, Andrew C. Kolb, Mackenzie Ledet, Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendants/Appellees.

(Court composed of Chief Judge JAMES F. McKAY, III, Judge TERRI F. LOVE, Judge EDWIN A. LOMBARD, Judge JOY COSSICH LOBRANO, Judge ROSEMARY LEDET).

This is a trucking accident case, involving numerous claims of personal injury and wrongful death, in which Plaintiffs/Appellants, Lewis Knoten, individually and on behalf of Laila Knoten and Danielle Adams, Candace Walker, individually and on behalf of Kyren Thomas and Di'Avion Hite, and Alvin Welch (collectively the "Appellants"), appeal the December 11, 2013 judgment of the district court.1

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