DUGAS v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 3998.

268 So.2d 321 (1972)

Joseph A. DUGAS et ux., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant and Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

October 27, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Bertrand, Lafayette, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Raymond M. Allen, Lafayette, for defendant-appellee.

Before FRUGE, DOMENGEAUX and CULPEPPER, JJ.


CULPEPPER, Judge.

This is a suit for damages for personal injuries sustained by a social guest in a private home. The district judge pretermitted the question of the homeowners' negligence and held plaintiffs' recovery was barred by contributory negligence. Plaintiffs appealed.

There is little dispute as to the facts. One morning at about 8 o'clock the plaintiff, Mrs. Joanne Dugas, went to visit in the home of her neighbor, Mrs. Tinas Menard, the defendant...

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