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COTHERN v. LaROCCA

Nos. 49897, 49902.

232 So.2d 473 (1970)

255 La. 673

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

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Dissenting Opinion March 4, 1970.

Rehearing Denied March 30, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Garvey, Salvaggio & Prendergast, Peter A. Winkler, Jr., New Orleans, for plaintiff-relators, 49,902.

Loeb, Dillon & Livaudais, James E. Glancey, Jr., New Orleans, for petitioners 49,897.

Mollere & Barbera, James S. Arceneaux, Metairie, for respondents 49,897, 49,902.

BARHAM, Justice.

Mr. and Mrs. Billy R. Cothern sued for damages for an injury sustained by Mrs. Cothern when she fell on the night of April 3, 1965, on the premises of the Travel Inn Motel. The accident happened as the Cothern family were alighting from their automobile in order to enter Jim's Place, a restaurant adjacent to the motel. The defendants in the suit are Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Lavigne, owners of the motel, and their insurer, Employers' Liability Assurance...

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