WILLIAMSON v. HAYNES BEST WESTERN

No. 95-CA-1725.

688 So.2d 1201 (1997)

Sonya Johnson WILLIAMSON, et al. v. HAYNES BEST WESTERN OF ALEXANDRIA, Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Haynes, Individually, Best Western International, Inc., American General Fire and Casualty Company, Transamerica Insurance Company, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 31, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mack E. Barham, Robert E. Arceneaux, Hansel M. Harlan, Barham & Arceneaux, New Orleans, and Lawrence J. Smith, Lawrence J. Smith & Associates, New Orleans, and J. Ransdell Keene, Shreveport, for Plaintiffs/Appellants.

Campbell E. Wallace, Spyridon, Koch, Psarellis, Wallace & Palermo, Metairie, for Appellee Best Western International, Inc.

Marshall G. Weaver, Henican, James & Cleveland, New Orleans, for Appellee St. Paul Mercury Insurance Company.

Richard S. Vale, Blue Williams, L.L.P., Metairie, for Defendants/Appellees Haynes Best Western of Alexandria, Inc., American General Fire and Casualty Company, and Maryland Casualty Company.

William F. Page, Jr., Briney & Foret, Lafayette, for Appellant/Intervenor Insurance Company of North America.

Before BARRY, LOBRANO and WALTZER, JJ.


WALTZER, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE:

Sonya Williamson claims that she was electrocuted on 21 July 1989 while attempting to turn off the light in her room in the Haynes Best Western Motel in Alexandria (HBWA). She claims to have been doing paperwork for Seahorse Farms, a family business, while in the motel.1 The family had lived at the motel for over a month, requesting to move from room to room until settling in Room...

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