Read BOCANEGRA v. VICMAR SERVICES, INC., 01-31121

In a wrongful death and survival action, evidence relating to the effect of defendant's use of marijuana on his driving abilities was improperly excluded.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/19/2003
• Published 02/19/2003

Judges

• LEONARD E. DAVIS, District Judge:, Before EMILIO M. GARZA and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS , District Judge.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David Tarrant Bright (argued), Mikal C. Watts, Watts Law Firm, Roger S. Braugh, Jr., Sico, White & Braugh, Corpus Christi, TX, James Parkerson Roy, Domengeaux, Wright, Roy & Edwards, Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant., John Blaise Gsanger, The Edwards Law Firm, Corpus Christi, TX, for Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Patrick J. Briney, Matthew D. McConnell (argued), Briney & Foret, Lafayette, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.