DICKENS v. AUVIL

No. 18760-CA.

508 So.2d 638 (1987)

Charles Carlton DICKENS and Margaret A. Dickens, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Lisa AUVIL and L.T. Cohen, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

June 10, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Madison Woods, Shreveport, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Bodenheimer, Jones, Klotz & Simmons by G.M. Bodenheimer, Mary L. Coon Blackley, Shreveport, for defendants-appellees.

Before JASPER E. JONES, FRED W. JONES, Jr. and LINDSAY, JJ.


FRED W. JONES, Jr., Judge.

The parents of a decedent killed by a handgun appealed a judgment sustaining the gun owner's exception of no cause of action. For the reasons explained, we reverse.

Charles Dickens, Sr. and Margaret Dickens filed a wrongful death/survivor action against Lisa Auvil, a major, and her father, L.T. Cohen, for the death of plaintiffs' son, Charles Dickens, Jr.

Plaintiffs' petition alleged...

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