HARRIS v. PIZZA HUT OF LOUISIANA, INC.

No. 84-C-0304.

455 So.2d 1364 (1984)

Henry HARRIS, et al. v. PIZZA HUT OF LOUISIANA, INC. and St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 10, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mack E. Barham, Robert E. Arceneaux, Barham & Churchill, John S. Keller, Charles R. Jones, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-applicants.

Sylvia E. Taylor, Reserve, for plaintiffs.

Charles A. Boggs, Chester A. Fleming, III, Boggs, Loehn & Rodrigue, New Orleans, for defendant-respondent.


WATSON, Justice.

During an armed robbery of a Pizza Hut, one patron was killed and another injured by a shotgun blast. A jury concluded that the harm resulted from the negligence of the Pizza Hut's security officer and awarded substantial damages. The court of appeal reversed, finding that the security officer's actions were not a cause of plaintiffs' damages. Harris v. Pizza Hut of Louisiana, Inc., 445 So.2d 756 (La.App...

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