BURNS v. HOLIDAY TRAVELS, INC.

No. CA 2031.

459 So.2d 666 (1984)

Joycelin Bernhard, Wife of/and James A. BURNS, Jane McConnell, Wife of/and William F. Meliet, Individually and as Administrators of the Estate of Their Minor Daughter, Michell Meliet, Leona Clark McConnell, Leona B. Egan, Betty Eirich, Wife of/and Joseph V. Bennitte, Jr. and June Conand, Wife of/and Marvin J. Ackerman Individually and as Administrators of the Estate of Their Minor Daughter, Jennifer J. Ackerman v. HOLIDAY TRAVELS, INC., Pan American World Airways, Inc., Cunard Lines, Ltd., Sheraton Corporation, GWV Travel, Inc., ABC Insurance Company, XYZ Insurance Company, and DEF Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

November 14, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Teresa R. Ogden, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Suzanne P. Keevers, McGlinchey, Stafford, Mintz, Cellini & Lang (A Professional Law Corporation), New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Before GULOTTA, SCHOTT and WARD, JJ.


SCHOTT, Judge.

Plaintiffs, a group of travelers, brought this suit against a number of defendants for damages they suffered because of a series of difficulties and problems encountered on a Caribbean cruise tour. This appeal is by plaintiffs from a summary judgment dismissing their suit against one defendant, Sheraton Corporation, at whose hotel in Key Biscayne, Florida, they were lodged for the first evening of the tour. The principal issue is whether the case is...

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