Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
January 12, 1977.
Rehearing Denied February 15, 1977.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Dorothy R. Cowen and Charles R. Maloney, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.
Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer, Matthews & Schumacher, Paul B. Deal, for Phillip Esteve.
Lawrence D. Wiedemann, New Orleans, for Anthony Guarino.
Plauche F. Villere, Jr., New Orleans, for State Fire Marshal, Raymond B. Oliver.
Caryl H. Vesy, Asst. City Atty., for Vieux Carre Commission of the City of New Orleans.
Philip S. Brooks, City Atty., for Vieux Carre Commission of the City of New Orleans and for the City of New Orleans, its departments, officers and employees.
Gerald A. Stewart, Philip D. Lorio, III, Asst. City Atty., for the City of New Orleans, its departments, officers and employees.
Beard, Blue, Schmitt & Treen, Robert M. Johnston, New Orleans, for Louisiana Rating & Fire Prevention Bureau.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Donald B. Ensenat, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State of Louisiana.
Porteous, Toledano, Hainkel & Johnson, William A. Porteous, III, New Orleans, for Oregon Auto. Ins. Co., Northwestern Nat. Ins. Group, The defendants' Committee, and Phillip Esteve.
Benjamin E. Loup, New Orleans, for The defendants' Committee and Anthony Guarino.
Kierr, Gainsburgh, Benjamin, Fallon & Lewis, Vincent J. Glorioso, Jr., New Orleans and Jane M. Gisevius and Frederick J. Gisevius, Jr., New Orleans, for plaintiffs' Trial Committee.
Before STOULIG, BOUTALL and MORIAL, JJ.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.
STOULIG, Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment maintaining an exception of no cause of action.1 The issue presented is whether government officials or agencies charged with the duty of building inspections are liable for damages incurred in a fire in the premises where allegedly either no inspections were made or improper inspections were made and fire hazards were permitted to exist.
Plaintiff, Francis Dufrene, included as...
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