JONES v. CITY OF KENNER

No. 5-305.

435 So.2d 1000 (1983)

Donald G. JONES and Gloria Jones, Individually and as the Natural Tutors of Their Minor Son, Donald G. Jones, Jr. v. CITY OF KENNER, City of Kenner Fire Department Emergency Ambulance and the CNA Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

On Rehearing April 11, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome M. Volk Jr., Kenner, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Francis G. Weller, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Before BOUTALL, BOWES and GAUDIN, JJ.


GAUDIN, Judge.

An ambulance owned by the City of Kenner Fire Department and manned by two firemen answered an emergency call and rushed a stricken two-year-old child to East Jefferson General Hospital. The parents of the child later filed this suit, contending primarily that the ambulance attendants were negligent in not immediately administering oxygen.

The City responded with a motion for summary judgment on the grounds:

(1) The City was immune from...

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