INDEPENDENT FIRE INS. v. ABLE MOVING & STORAGE CO.

No. 94-C-1982.

650 So.2d 750 (1995)

INDEPENDENT FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Paul M. Hebert, Jr. and Mary Jane Hebert v. ABLE MOVING AND STORAGE COMPANY, INC., Bekins Real Estate Sales, Inc. and ABC Insurance Company.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied March 23, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alton C. Pierce, Jr., Baton Rouge, for applicants.

Charles A. Schutte, Jr., Mathews, Atkinson, Guglielmo, Marks & Day, Baton Rouge, for respondents.


WATSON, Justice.1

The question presented is a national moving company's liability for a fire damage claim against its insolvent Louisiana agent.

In April of 1989, Mary Jane Hebert (Mrs. Paul M. Hebert, Jr.) planned to move some furniture in preparation for a party. She looked in the Baton Rouge telephone directory yellow pages and saw a familiar name, Bekins. The advertisement to which she responded was designed and purchased by...

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