JOHNSON v. EDMONSTON

No. 13119.

383 So.2d 1277 (1980)

Velma JOHNSON et al. v. Malcolm EDMONSTON, Sr. et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

February 25, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond C. Vinet, Sr., Baton Rouge, Allen H. Danielson, Jr., New Orleans, for plaintiff and appellant.

Robert J. Vandaworker, Baton Rouge, for defendants and appellees Hubert W. James, Carroll Parr, Arthur L. Robbins, Virginia Schexnayder.

Anthony J. Clesi, Jr., Baton Rouge, for defendants and appellees Jerome Braud, Kleve Stevens, Ronald F. Brock, Leon Delaune, Benjamin Delaune, Paul D. Elisar, Sr., Edward M. Gautreau, John E. Horton, Jr., Alfred W. Moore, Roy B. Tregre, Ronald W. Griffin, Donnie Smith, State Farm Ins. Co. and State Farm Fire & Cas. Co.

Joseph F. Keogh, Baton Rouge, for defendants and appellees Esau Girlinghouse, Victor Poirrier, Thurman Tanner and Dennis Watson.

Michael J. Matthews, Gonzales, for defendant and appellee Cline Braud.

W. Arthur Abercrombie, Jr., Baton Rouge, for defendants and appellees East Ascension Academy and Travelers Ins. Co.

Ralph Tureau, Gonzales, for defendants and appellees Wilson Longanecker and Jimmy Berthelot.

James B. Doyle, Baton Rouge, for defendant and appellee J. E. McCrory.

Arthur Howell Andrews, Baton Rouge, for defendant and appellee Milton Martinez.

James E. Moore, Baton Rouge, for defendant and appellee James Burleigh.

William C. Kaufman, III, Baton Rouge, for defendant and appellee Carlton Leblanc, Sr.

Gordon R. Crawford, Gonzales, for defendants and appellees Jerome P. Leblanc, Stanley Dixon, Arthur L. Robbins, and Virginia Schexnayder.

Glusman, Moore, Lopez & Wilkinson, Baton Rouge, for Lynwood Landry and Commercial Union Assurance Companies.

Miriam T. Attaya, Gonzales, for defendants and appellee Malcolm Edmonston, Sr.

Daniel R. Atkinson, Baton Rouge, for defendants and appellee Stanley Dixon.

David L. Ray, Baton Rouge, for defendant and appellee Ansell McAllister.

Vincent J. Sotile, Donaldsonville, for defendant and appellee East Ascension Academy.

John L. Rarick, St. Francisville, for defendants and appellees Gordon Nickens, Edward Heintze, Ellis Babin, Sam Frederic and William Contine.

Joseph Gautreau, in pro. per.

Dale Nolan, in pro. per.

Walter Downs, in pro. per.

Mathew Moran, in pro. per.

Calvin E. Hardin, Jr., Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellees Matthew Gautreau, et al.

Before COVINGTON, LOTTINGER and COLE, JJ.


COLE, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals the dismissal of forty defendants on motions for summary judgment and on the peremptory exception raising the objection of no cause of action.

This case arises out of an unfortunate accident which occurred in Ascension Parish on October 23, 1977. Alton N. Johnson, the husband of plaintiff, was shot and killed while attending a garage sale at the Jerome Braud residence. A shotgun, which...

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