McGowan v. Schmieder

Full title: BILLIE JEAN McGOWAN, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NATURAL TUTRIX OF HER MINOR…

Court: Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit

Date published: Nov 29, 1979

376 So. 2d 1055 (La. Ct. App. 1979)

Opinion

No. 12762.

October 8, 1979. Rehearing Denied November 29, 1979.

APPEAL FROM NINETEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, STATE OF LOUISIANA, HONORABLE EUGENE McGEHEE, J.

Gilbert L. Dozier, Gary L. Keyser, Thomas K. Kirkpatrick, Baton Rouge, for plaintiffs-appellees, Billie Jean McGowan, Indiv., etc.

John A. Bivins, Lafayette, for defendants-appellants, Rust Engineering Company and American Mutual Liability Ins. Co.

David W. Robinson, Baton Rouge, for defendants-appellees, Don H. Schmieder, d/b/a Schmieder Enterprises and John McLaughlin.

Harris D. Copenhaver, Jr., Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant, Roy C. Rackley, Jr.

William J. Doran, Jr., Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee, Richard D. Schmieder.

Walter G. Monsour, Jr., and Frank J. Gremillion, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant, City of Baton Rouge.

Ben W. Lightfoot, Baton Rouge, for intervenor-appellee, Hanover Ins. Co.

Before ELLIS, CHIASSON and PONDER, JJ.

ELLIS, Judge:

For the reasons expressed in Stewart v. Schmieder, 376 So.2d 1046 (La.App. 1st Cir. 1979), the judgment appealed from is reversed in part and there will be judgment in favor of Rust Engineering Company and American Mutual Liability Insurance Company, dismissing plaintiffs' suit as to them. In all other respects the judgment is affirmed, at the costs of defendants Rackley and the City-Parish.

AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART AND RENDERED.