COTHERN v. LA ROCCA

No. 3427.

221 So.2d 836 (1969)

Dorothy COTHERN, wife of/and Billy R. Cothern v. Peter J. LA ROCCA, d/b/a Jim's Place, Fireman's Fund American Insurance Companies, the Employers' Group of Insurance Companies and Mr. & Mrs. J. M. Lavigne, d/b/a Travel Inn Motel.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 5, 1969.

Writs Granted June 13, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter A. Winkler, Jr., Garvey, Salvaggio & Prendergast, New Orleans, for Dorothy Cothern, wife of/and Billy R. Cothern, plaintiffs-appellants.

James E. Glancey, Jr., Loeb, Dillon & Livaudais, New Orleans, for Peter J. La Rocca, d/b/a Jim's Place and Fireman's Fund American Insurance Companies, defendants-appellees.

James S. Arceneaux, Mollere & Barbera, Metairie, for Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Lavigne d/b/a Travel Inn Motel and the Employer's Liability Assurance Corporation, Ltd., defendants-appellants.

Before REGAN, CHASEZ and BARNETTE, JJ.


CHASEZ, Judge.

Plaintiffs, Billy R. Cothern and his wife Dorothy, brought this suit for damages resulting from a fall sustained by Mrs. Cothern on the evening of April 3, 1965. The defendants in the action are Peter J. La Rocca, doing business under the trade name Jim's Place and La Rocca's insurer, Fireman's Fund American Insurance Companies, and Mrs. and Mrs. J. M. Lavigne, doing business under the trade name Travel Inn Motel and the Lavignes' insurer, The Employers...

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