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.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
October 21, 1991.
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.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
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...
Let's get started
Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting Sign on now to see your case. Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.
Updated daily.
Uncompromising quality.
Complete, Accurate, Current.
Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full
text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.
Cited Cases
No Cases Found
Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the
full text of the citing case.