BATISTE v. ROBOTTOM'S MORTUARY

No. 4758.

258 So.2d 663 (1972)

Melvin BATISTE, Sr. and Elmira Batiste v. ROBOTTOM'S MORTUARY, Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

February 23, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Malik & Carville, Thomas J. Malik, La Place, for plaintiff-appellee.

Loeb & Livaudais, Marcel Livaudais, Jr., New Orleans, for defendant-third party plaintiff-appellee and defendants in reconvention-appellees.

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, Ashton R. Hardy, New Orleans, for third party defendant-plaintiff in reconvention-appellant.

Neville G. Orrett, Metairie, for third party defendant-plaintiff in reconvention-appellant.

Before SAMUEL, GULOTTA and BAILES, JJ.


BAILES, Judge.

This appeal by Donald L. Burger is from a judgment of the district court condemning him to contribute one-half of the judgment obtained by plaintiffs against defendant, Fireman's Fund Insurance Company of Newark, New Jersey. Also, appellant seeks to obtain reversal of judgment of the court a quo rejecting his claim for damages asserted in a reconventional demand.

This tort action was brought by plaintiffs, Melvin Batiste, Sr., and his wife,...

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