JOHNSON v. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF NEW ORLEANS

No. 1226.

163 So.2d 569 (1964)

Emmett JOHNSON, Jr. on his own behalf and on behalf of his minor child, Emmett Johnson, III, v. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF NEW ORLEANS and the Travelers Insurance Co.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

On Rehearing May 4, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre and Pat W. Browne, Jr., New Orleans, for appellants.

Reed, Reed & Reed, New Orleans, James M. Lockhart, Jr., and John A. Salvaggio, New Orleans, for appellees.

Before McBRIDE, YARRUT and CHASEZ, JJ.


McBRIDE, Judge.

This is a suit wherein a father (during the marriage) for and on behalf of his one-year-old child sued his landlord and its liability insurer for damages allegedly occasioned when the child fell from an open porch or balcony of the leased premises and sustained physical injuries; it is averred the premises were unsafe in that there were no safeguards to prevent children falling from the unguarded balcony...

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