Case Name: Pete PROCELL, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SOUTHERN FARM BUREAU CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Defendants and Appellees
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1971-08-20
Citations: 252 So. 2d 127
Docket Number: No. 3466
Parties: Pete PROCELL, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SOUTHERN FARM BUREAU CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Defendants and Appellees.
Judges: Before SAVOY, CULPEPPER and MILLER, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 252
Pages: 127–128

Head Matter:
Pete PROCELL, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SOUTHERN FARM BUREAU CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Defendants and Appellees.
No. 3466.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.
Aug. 20, 1971.
Henry W. Bethard, III, Coushatta, John S. Stephens, Coushatta, for plaintiff-appellant.
Jack O. Brittain, Natchitoches, defendants-appellees.
Before SAVOY, CULPEPPER and MILLER, JJ.

Opinion:
CULPEPPER, Judge.
This is a companion case to Homer Bailes, et al. v. Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company et al., 252 So.2d 123, in which a separate decision is being rendered by us this date. The plaintiff, Pete Procell, in his capacity as legal tutor of the minor, Larry Wayne Procell, filed this suit for damages for the wrongful death of Barnell Procell, the minor but older brother of Larry Wayne Procell. Made defendants are Roscoe Methvin, father of the minor, James Donald Methvin, and his liability insurer, Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company, and also Richard R. Hinds, Sr., father of the minor, Richard R. Hinds, Jr. Judgment was rendered in favor of Pete Procell, as tutor of the minor, and against Richard R. Hinds, Sr. in the sum of $10,000. Plaintiff has appealed seeking judgment against Methvin and his insurer and also asking that the award be increased.
For the reasons stated in the companion case, the request for judgment against Methvin and his insurer is rejected.
Furthermore, in view of the large discretion of the trial judge as to damages for wrongful death, we will not disturb the quantum of the award.
For the reasons assigned, the judgment appealed is affirmed. All costs of this appeal are assessed against the plaintiff appellant.
Affirmed.