AVOYELLES COUNTRY CLUB, INC. v. WALTER KIDDE & CO.

No. 5596.

338 So.2d 379 (1976)

AVOYELLES COUNTRY CLUB, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WALTER KIDDE & COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

October 18, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gold, Hall, Hammill & Little by H. B. Bruser, III, Alexandria, for plaintiff-appellant.

John L. Pitts, Alexandria, for defendant-appellee.

Before MILLER, WATSON and PETERS, JJ.


PETERS, Judge and hoc.

This suit arose out of the destruction by fire of the Avoyelles Country Club building and contents. The fire occurred on August 16, 1972 and started in the club's kitchen. The club's cook was grilling a steak which caused a grease fire on the grill. There was a large hood above the grill and the flames entered the hood. Robert Boone, the club manager, extinguished the fire on the grill with a portable fire extinguisher but soon realized the...

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