HOME INS. CO. v. NATIONAL TEA CO.

Nos. 91-C-0692, 91-C-0667.

588 So.2d 361 (1991)

HOME INSURANCE CO. OF ILLINOIS, et al. v. NATIONAL TEA CO., et al. VIGILANT INSURANCE COMPANY v. NATIONAL TEA COMPANY, et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied November 21, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry A. Johnson, III, J. Randall Trahan, Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, Baton Rouge, Steven M. Lozes, Lozes & Cambre, New Orleans, for applicants.

Charles V. Guilbault, Donald J. Volpi, Jr., David Shaw, Courtenay, Forstall, Guilbault, Hunter & Fontana, New Orleans, Kevin L. Cole, Michael J. Vondenstein, Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale, Metairie, Joseph Paul Gordon, Jr., Edward J. Rice, Jr., Lindsey M. Bailleux, Adams & Reese, New Orleans, Christopher M. Moody, Cashe, Lewis, Moody & Coudrain, Hammond, Kristyne H. McCullough, John M. Holahan, Jr., Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, Brad George Theard, Young, Richaud, Theard & Myers, Joseph N. Marcal, III, Arthur H. Leith, McGlinchey, Stafford, Cellini & Lang, New Orleans, Gary A. Bezet, Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D'Armond, McCowan & Jarman, Baton Rouge, Rykert O. Toledano, Jr., Toledano & Toledano, Roger G. Broussard, Ronald G. Hand, Hand & Hand, Covington, Dale W. Poindexter, Poindexter & Oxner, New Orleans, Jack Arthur Blossman, Covington, Frederick R. Bott, Patrick J. Berrigan, Charles F. Seemann, Jr., Joseph L. McReynolds, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, Timothy M. Waller, Sr., New Orleans, Thomas W. Mull, Lorraine S. Mull, Mull & Mull, Covington, Joseph P. Demarest, Angela C. Imbornone, Favret, Favret, Demarest & Russo, Joseph Tosterud, James M. Colomb, III, E. Kelleher Simon, Simon & Rees, Frank A. Piccolo, Abbott, Best & Meek, David E. Walle, Bienvenu, Foster, Ryan & O'Bannon, Dean A. Sutherland, Sutherland & Juge, Gordon F. Wilson, Friend, Wilson & Draper, New Orleans, Stephen J. Caire, Reed & Caire, Metairie, John N. Chappuis, Voorhies & Labbe, Lafayette, for respondents.


HALL, Justice.

This case involves various claims arising out of a fire which originated in a National Food Store in Covington, Louisiana and caused extensive damage to the shopping mall in which the store was located. The issues to be decided are whether provisions in a shopping center lease effectively (1) released the lessee from liability to the lessor for damages sustained by the lessor as a result of a fire caused by the lessee's fault, thereby precluding recovery...

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