ROSS v. La COSTE de MONTERVILLE

No. 86-C-0538.

502 So.2d 1026 (1987)

Dean Ross, Wife of/and John K. ROSS v. Daniel LA COSTE de MONTERVILLE, Erick Houeland, State Farm Insurance Company and Harry's Ace Hardware Store.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied March 25, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenny Charbonnet, for applicant.

Joseph Ward, Ward & Clesi, Owen Neff, Peter Title, Sessions, Fishman, et al., for respondent.


DENNIS, Justice.

The issue in this case is whether the owner of a thing containing structural defects who gratuitously lends it to a borrower continues to have the garde or custody of the thing's structure and therefore may be held strictly liable for the borrower's injuries caused by its defects. The co-owner of an apartment building loaned a ladder to a new tenant and the tenant's father for use in redecorating an apartment. The ladder collapsed injuring...

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