ROWELL v. CARTER MOBILE HOMES, INC.

No. 86-C-0381.

500 So.2d 748 (1987)

Ray and Annette ROWELL v. CARTER MOBILE HOMES, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied February 12, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Cashio, Jr., for applicant.

William Brough, Mark Surprenant, Adams & Reese, J. Michael Johnson, McGlinchey, Stafford, et al., Caleb Didriksen, III, Monroe & Lemann, Richard McShan, E. Clark Gaudin, Daniel Atkinson, H.F. Foster, III, Bienvenu, Foster, et al., for respondent.


DENNIS, Justice.*

The question in this case is whether a bank, which authorized a mobile home dealer to act as its undisclosed mandatary in reselling a repossessed mobile home, is liable for the buyer's personal injuries caused by the dealer's negligent repair of the mobile home floor. The trial court held the bank strictly liable as a mobile home manufacturer. The court of appeal reversed, holding that the bank was not strictly liable...

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