ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH v. LOUISIANA GAS SERVICE CO.

No. 92-C-0071.

618 So.2d 874 (1993)

The ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OF the ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW ORLEANS and United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company v. LOUISIANA GAS SERVICE COMPANY and Western Preferred Casualty Company.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 24, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard A. Young, Peter B. Hays, III, Bienvenu, Foster, Ryan & O'Bannon, New Orleans, for applicant.

William H. Howard, III, Sallye G. Webb, Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, for respondent.


DENNIS, Justice.*

This case presents the question of what is the proper measure of damages when recovery is sought for the negligent damage to a building, when the property can be repaired or restored, the cost of replacing the property in its original condition is not disproportionate to the value of the property before the injury, there is reason personal to the owner for restoring the original condition and the owner has, in fact, made...

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