GALLAGHER v. FAVROT

No. 86-CA-396.

499 So.2d 1205 (1986)

Andrew GALLAGHER v. H. Mortimer FAVROT d/b/a Park Manor Apartments and/or Kingstowne Apartments, and Lake Development Management Company and ABC Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 16, 1987.

Writ Denied March 13, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rudolph R. Schoemann, Schoemann & Associates, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Owen A. Neff, Sessions, Fishman, Rosenson, Boisfontaine, Nathan & Winn, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Before BOWES, GRISBAUM and WICKER, JJ.


GRISBAUM, Judge.

This appeal relates to a lessor's liability to his tenant for damages caused by a defect in the leased premises. The trial court judgment, in accord with the jury's findings, assessed damages at $10,000, the plaintiff (tenant) being awarded $2,000 because he was assigned 75 percent of the comparative fault. The plaintiff appeals. We affirm.

We are called upon to determine three issues:

(1) Whether the trial court erred in refusing...

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