JARVIS v. PROUT

No. 4361.

247 So.2d 244 (1971)

Joseph Henry JARVIS and Myrtle Mae Haywood, wife of Alfred H. Green v. Ferdinand PROUT, d/b/a Prout's Motel and the Home Indemnity Company of New York.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 10, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph S. Russo, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Leach, Grossel-Rossi & Paysse, M. N. Grossel-Rossi, New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

Before LEMMON, GULOTTA and STOULIG, JJ.


STOULIG, Judge.

This is an action, sounding in tort, brought by the husband and daughter of the deceased, Elizabeth Harris Jarvis, to recover damages resulting from her death by carbon monoxide asphyxiation allegedly attributable to a malfunctioning wall heater in the defendant's motel.

After a trial, judgment was rendered in favor of plaintiff Henry Jarvis in the sum of $11,129.05 and in favor of plaintiff Myrtle Mae Haywood for $10,000 and against the defendants...

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