AYALA v. BAILEY ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.

No. 6603.

318 So.2d 645 (1975)

Alice Villa, widow of Joseph Ayala and Joseph R. AYALA v. BAILEY ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 9, 1975.

Writ Granted November 14, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthel J. Scheuermann, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, Robert Henry Sarpy, Jr., New Orleans, for Bailey Electric Co., Inc. and Travelers Ins. Co.

Robert J. Young, Jr., Michael K. Fitzpatrick, and Edward L. Levert, Jr., New Orleans, for Louis Bastion.

Edward F. Wegmann and Fred P. Westenberger, New Orleans, for Lee Del Buno.

Before LEMMON, STOULIG and MORIAL, JJ.


LEMMON, Judge.

This is an action for damages resulting from a fire allegedly caused by the negligence of an employee of Bailey Electric Company, Inc. The fire began on Bailey's business premises and spread to the adjoining apartment building owned by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ayala. The judgment, rendered after a trial on the merits, awarded Mrs. Ayala the cost of repairing the building and damages for the wrongful death of her husband, who sustained a fatal heart attack...

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