HANCOCK v. SAFECO INS. CO.

No. 6872.

368 So.2d 1162 (1979)

John W. HANCOCK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

March 7, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Broussard, Bolton & Halcomb, Daniel E. Broussard, Jr., Alexandria, for plaintiff-appellant.

C. Edward Karst, Alexandria, Stafford, Trimble, Randow & Smith by James T. Trimble, Jr., Alexandria, Edward A. Kaplan, Alexandria, for defendants-appellees.

Before DOMENGEAUX, GUIDRY and CUTRER, JJ.


DOMENGEAUX, Judge.

This suit involves a tort action brought by the tenant of an apartment complex against the maintenance man, owners, and insurer of the complex in order to recover for personal injuries sustained when a refrigerator fell down a flight of stairs.

Plaintiff, John W. Hancock, rented a furnished apartment in the Bayou Rapides Apartments in Alexandria, Louisiana. The Bayou Rapides Apartments are owned by Eddie Knippers, I. W. Knippers, Sidney...

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