BROOME v. GAUTHIER

Nos. CA-0709, CA-0710.

443 So.2d 1127 (1983)

Rhonda BROOME v. Wendell H. GAUTHIER and State Farm Fire & Casualty Company. Margaret BARBER, Richard T. McGawley, Karen A. Randazzo and L. Robin Capozzi Waddell v. Wendell H. GAUTHIER and State Farm Fire & Casualty Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 25, 1984.

Writ Denied February 16, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory P. Di Leo, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellees, Margaret Barber, Richard T. McGawley, Karen A. Randazzo and L. Robin Capozzi Waddell.

Uhalt & Reck, Gothard J. Reck, Hugh C. Uhalt, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant, Rhonda Broome.

Porteous, Hainkel, Johnson & Sarpy, David J. Mitchell, New Orleans, for defendants-appellants, Wendell H. Gauthier and State Farm Fire & Cas. Co.

Before WARD, GULOTTA and BYRNES, JJ.


WARD, Judge.

These two consolidated lawsuits arose from a fire that began in rented residential premises in New Orleans at 4219 Canal Street and spread to the building at 4217 Canal Street. Plaintiff, Rhonda Broome, was the tenant of 4219 Canal Street. She filed suit against the owner-lessor, Wendell Gauthier, and his insurer, State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, to recover for property damage, physical injury, and mental suffering. Gauthier also owned the premises...

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