NORRIS v. GUTHRIE

No. 93-CA-962.

641 So.2d 978 (1994)

Jeffrey T. NORRIS v. Keith A. GUTHRIE, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

August 1, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Caleb H. Didriksen, Denise A. Bostick, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant, Jeffrey T. Norris.

Lynn H. Frank, Raymond A. Pelleteri, Jr., Ward & Clesi, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee, Danny & Clyde's Food Store, Inc.

Walter K. Jamison, III, Jamison & Philipp, Lafayette, for defendants-appellees, Steven Cernnich and Independent Fire Ins. Co.

H. Bruce Shreves, New Orleans, for The Parents Coalition.

Before GAUDIN, DUFRESNE and GOTHARD, JJ.


GAUDIN, Judge.

This is an appeal by Jeffrey T. Norris, who sustained serious injuries in an altercation on November 24, 1988. Norris was fighting with Allen Guthrie when he was attacked by two of Guthrie's friends.

A jury in the 24th Judicial District Court awarded $115,000.00 to Norris, finding Guthrie 70 per cent at fault. Guthrie's friends, James Hollister and Arthur Kospelich, were found 30 per cent responsible (Hollister 20 per cent and Kospelich 10)...

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