Plaintiff, Caren Fontenot, a passenger in an automobile involved in a collision, brought this suit for personal injuries. Defendants in the suit are Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance Company, as insurer of the driver of the vehicle in which Caren Fonte-not was a passenger, and Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York, the insurer
Fidelity & Casualty Company appealed the trial court’s judgment. Plaintiff has taken no appeal from the judgment dismissing his suit against Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance Company. The case is now before this court on motion of Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance Company to dismiss the appeal as to it.
Counsel for Gram Dealers Mutual Insurance Company state in their brief, “This motion is based on the well settled proposition that in an action against two or more defendants who are alleged to be solidarily liable, and one of the defendants is dismissed and plaintiff does not appeal, then an appeal by the defendant cast in the judgment has no effect against the defendant who was not cast. W. E. Waggonner v. Allstate Insurance Company, et al [La. App.],
Counsel’s argument ignores our decision in Vidrine v. Simoneaux, La.App. 3rd Cir.,
Our Supreme Court has adopted this view as its own in the recent case of Emmons v. Agricultural Insurance Company,
For the reasons set forth in this opinion, the motion to dismiss the appeal as to Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance Company is denied.
Motion to dismiss appeal denied.
