FONTENOT v. HANOVER INS. CO.

No. 7166.

378 So.2d 461 (1979)

Marjorie FONTENOT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HANOVER INSURANCE CO., Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 21, 1979.

Writ Granted January 28, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fruge & Vidrine, Christopher B. Fruge, Ville Platte, for plaintiff-appellant-appellee.

Allen, Gooch & Bourgeois, Keith M. Borne, Lafayette, for defendant-appellee-appellant.

Lewis & Lewis, John M. Shaw, Opelousas, for intervenor-appellee-appellant.

Before WATSON, CUTRER and DOUCET, JJ.


DOUCET, Judge.

Marjorie Fontenot instituted this tort action to recover for damages sustained when she fell on a sidewalk located on property owned by the Evangeline Parish Police Jury in the City of Ville Platte. Defendant is Hanover Insurance Company, the police jury's liability insurer. Fireman's Fund Insurance Company intervened, seeking the return of workmen's compensation benefits which it paid to Mrs. Fontenot as a result of her injury. All parties have appealed...

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