RAWLS v. DUGAS

Nos. 13705 to 13708.

398 So.2d 630 (1981)

Robert RAWLS v. Joseph DUGAS. BELLEFONTE INSURANCE COMPANY v. Gary J. DUGAS et al. Valmon L. WATTS and Lonnie W. Watts v. STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANY et al. Bruce ALBRITTON v. Gary DUGAS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Denied May 1, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Kuhn, Denham Springs, for Valmon L. Watts and Lonnie Wayne Watts.

David M. Vaughn, Baton Rouge, for Bellefonte Ins. Co. and Barksdale Enterprises of Denham Springs, Inc. and James Barksdale.

Frank A. Fertitta, Baton Rouge, for State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. and Gary Dugas.

William N. Faller, Baton Rouge, for Bruce Albritton.

James E. Moore, Baton Rouge, for Houston Gen. Ins. Co.

John S. White, Jr., Baton Rouge, for Bruce Albritton and State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. as his insurer.

J. Donald Cascio, Denham Springs, for Livingston Parish School Bd.

James R. Coxe, III, Baton Rouge, for Robert W. Rawls.

Robin W. Poirier, Baton Rouge, for James H. Barksdale.

Calvin E. Hardin, Jr., Baton Rouge, for "Kemper Ins. Co." and Lumbermens Mut. Cas. Co. and Julie Watson and Robert E. Watson.

Before COVINGTON, CHIASSON and LEAR, JJ.


LEAR, Judge.

In these consolidated tort actions, this court is invited to expand the application of the doctrine of respondeat superior to school boards whose athletes negligently injure another while engaged in off-campus, non-competitive activity. After careful consideration and prolonged deliberation, we decline and, therefore, affirm the judgment of the lower court.

Robert W. Rawls, plaintiff-appellant, and others,1...

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