TRAVELERS INDEMNITY CO. v. SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO.

Nos. 8663, 8664.

256 So.2d 321 (1971)

TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SEARS, ROEBUCK & COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant. Alexie J. PLAISANCE, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SEARS, ROEBUCK & COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

December 20, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Porteous, III, Porteous, Toledano, Hainkel & Johnson, and Larry Boudreaux, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Francis Dugas, Thibodaux, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before LOTTINGER, SARTAIN and ELLIS, JJ.


SARTAIN, Judge.

These consolidated cases arise out of a fire on July 23, 1968, in the home of plaintiff, Alexie J. Plaisance, Jr., in Golden Meadow, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. The fire began when a pan of grease overheated and ignited on the kitchen stove which had been sold to plaintiff and serviced by defendant Sears, Roebuck & Company (Sears). Plaintiff, Travelers Indemnity Company (Travelers) was Mr. Plaisance's fire insurer and seeks to recover from Sears...

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