JONES v. GATEWAY REALTY, INC.

No. 88-573.

550 So.2d 388 (1989)

Christel JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GATEWAY REALTY, INC., Five Star Builders, Inc., Deborah Booksh Smith, Bayless Larry Morton, Elaine Allen Morton, Raymond Keith Ferrell, Jan Alison Smith Ferrell, State Farm Mutual Fire Insurance Company and Allstate Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees, Don J. O'Rourke & Associates, Ltd. and Continental Casualty Company, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 7, 1989.

Writs Denied January 5, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Robinson, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant.

Guglielmo, Lopez & Tuttle, James T. Guglielmo, Opelousas, for defendant-appellee O'Rourke.

Randall L. Guidry, Lafayette, for defendant-appellee Smith.

Roy, Forrest & Lopresto, L. Albert Forrest, New Iberia, for defendant-appellee State Farm.

Voorhies & Laabe, Greg Voorhies, Lafayette, for defendant-appellee City of Lafayette.

Before STOKER, DOUCET and YELVERTON, JJ.


STOKER, Judge.

The plaintiff, Christel Jones, attempted to ride her bicycle at night through a shortcut from one street to another by crossing through the rear of private property. In so doing, her bicycle struck a curbing in the parking lot of a commercial building. She was injured and sued the building owners, the builder of the property and the architect. The trial court found all parties at fault including plaintiff whose fault was fixed at 50%. There are only...

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