BROOKS v. SOUTHWAY FURNITURE COMPANY

No. 6036.

290 So.2d 438 (1974)

Mrs. Albon R. BROOKS et al. v. SOUTHWAY FURNITURE COMPANY et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 8, 1974.

Writs Refused April 29, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morphy, Freeman, Holbrook & Faulkner, A. D. Freeman, Jr., New Orleans, for third party defendant/third party plaintiff-appellant, L. O. Murrell, Sr.

Porteous, Toledano, Hainkel & Johnson, William A. Porteous, III, New Orleans, for third party plaintiff-appellant, K. C. McGee, Sr.

Organ & Pierce, Donald M. Pierce, New Orleans, and Stephen R. Perez, Chalmette, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Sessions, Fishman, Rosenson, Snellings & Boisfontaine, Curtis R. Boisfontaine, New Orleans, for third party defendant-appellee Ray Chatelain.

Charles A. Arceneaux, New Orleans, for third party defendant-appellee Guy Hyman.

Before SAMUEL and REDMANN, and Bailes, J. Pro Tem.


JULIAN E. BAILES, Judge Pro Tem.

This is a tort action filed by plaintiffs, Mrs. Albon R. Brooks and her husband, to recover damages allegedly sustained by them when Mrs. Brooks was struck on the head by a lighting fixture which fell from the ceiling of the defendants' premises. Plaintiffs instituted suit against defendants, Southway Furniture Company, Inc. (Southway), occupier of the premises, and Mr. K. C. McGee, Sr., owner of the premises. McGee, by third party...

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