BOURGEOIS v. DUPLESSIS

No. CA 87 1661.

540 So.2d 397 (1989)

Neil BOURGEOIS v. W.I. DUPLESSIS and Louisiana Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

February 28, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Faucheux, Jr., LaPlace, for Neil Bourgeois, plaintiff and appellant.

Robert Vandaworker, Baton Rouge, for W.I. Duplessis and Louisiana Farm Bureau Mut. Ins., Co., defendant and appellee.

Before COVINGTON, C.J., and LOTTINGER and FOIL, JJ.


FOIL, Judge.

This case involves an appeal brought by plaintiff from the granting of defendants' motion for summary judgment.

The plaintiff was a volunteer fireman with the Sorrento Volunteer Fire Department. On February 28, 1984, he was called to extinguish a fire that had begun at the residence of defendant, W.I. Duplessis. The plaintiff was injured when a loaded handgun located in a desk drawer overheated and discharged, striking plaintiff in the neck.<...

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