FAIR GROUNDS CORP. v. ADT SEC. SYSTEMS

Nos. 97-C-0379, 97-C-0391.

690 So.2d 250 (1997)

FAIR GROUNDS CORPORATION, et al. v. ADT SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

February 28, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Milton Ponder, III, Hulse & Wanek, New Orleans, for Relators, A. Blum Construction Co., Continental Casualty Co., and National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford.

Robert E. Couhig, Jr., Leslie A. Lanusse, William J. Kelly, III, Ralph H. Wall, Adams and Reese, New Orleans, and John Gregory Odom, Stuart E. Des Roches, Ladson, Odom & Des Roches, New Orleans, for Relators, ADT Security Systems, Inc., and ADT Security Systems, Mid-South, Inc.

Wendell H. Gauthier, Julie B. Beiser, Michael L. Martin, Gauthier, Downing, LaBarre, Beiser & Dean, Metairie, for Respondent, Fair Grounds Corporation.

Rogge R. Dunn, Matthews, Carlton, Stein, Shiels, Pearce, Dunn & Knott, Dallas, TX, for Intervenors/Respondents, The Travelers Insurance Companies, and Insurance Company of the West.

Before BYRNES, JONES and WALTZER, JJ.


WALTZER, Judge.

We grant writs in these consolidated applications for the purpose of reviewing whether the trial court's grant of a partial summary judgment is correct.

The trial court decreed: IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that all "installation and design" claims in this case are to be governed by the standard of simple negligence. All allegations concerning inspection, maintenance and monitoring of the fire alarm system are to be controlled...

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