GODFREY v. BOSTON OLD COLONY INS. CO.

No. 97-CA-2568.

718 So.2d 441 (1998)

John S. GODFREY v. BOSTON OLD COLONY INSURANCE COMPANY, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 31, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick M. Files, Jarrell E. Godfrey, Jr., The Godfrey Firm, New Orleans, for Plaintiff/Appellant.

Charles W. Schmidt, III, Robert D. Peyton, Joseph M. Guillot, Christovich & Kearney, New Orleans, for Interstate Fire & Casualty Company and LJN, Inc., d/b/a Waldo's.

Darleen M. Jacobs, New Orleans, for Defendant/Appellee Craig Napoli.

William F. Wessel, Raymond R. Egan, III, Wessel & Associates, New Orleans, Amicus Curiae.

Before ARMSTRONG, PLOTKIN and JONES, JJ.


PLOTKIN, Judge.

This appeal raises the issue of whether a bar, its owner, and/or it insurer may, under any circumstances, be held liable for injuries suffered by a 19-year-old patron in an automobile accident, which accident occurred after the patron left the bar in an intoxicated condition, while he was a guest passenger in an automobile driven by another 19-year-old bar patron. The trial court granted a motion for summary judgment in favor of the bar and its owner...

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