CALDWELL v. LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL FEST.

Nos. 30800-CA to 30805-CA.

717 So.2d 1263 (1998)

Nathaniel CALDWELL, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL FESTIVAL, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

August 25, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barham & Warner by Richard G. Barham, Shreveport, for Defendants-Appellants Rho Omega Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity and Ohio Casualty Insurance Co.

Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway by Sidney E. Cook, Jr. and Lisa Dunn Folsom, Shreveport, for Defendants-Appellants City of Shreveport, Downtown Shreveport Unlimited and First Financial Insurance Co.

Kelly W. Strickland, Shreveport, for Defendant-Appellant Wayne Reed d/b/a Bossier Tent Rentals and Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association.

Richie & Richie by Byron A. Richie, Shreveport, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Nathaniel Caldwell; Audrey Murray, Ind. and as Tutrix of minor son, Johnathan Tramell; Victoria Wallace, as Tutrix of minor daughters, Demetrice Dillard and Sharetta Dillard; Shonda King; Kathy Perry; Veronica L. Howard; Sharon Burford; and Georgia Williams.

Alma S. Jones, Bossier City, for Plaintiff-Appellee Kennedy A. Williams.

William B. "Pete" King, Ronald J. Miciotto, Shreveport, for Plaintiff-Appellee William Reasonover, Tutor of Tyra Reasonover.

William C. Monroe, Shreveport, for Plaintiff-Appellee Gwendolyn Taylor, in the interest of her minor child, Timothy Taylor.

Neil Martin Trichel, Shreveport, for Sylvia Lee Mann.

Lunn, Irion, Johnson, Salley & Carlisle by James A. Mijalis, Shreveport, for Intervenors Louisiana Health Service and Indemnity Company d/b/a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana.

Before MARVIN, C.J., and NORRIS and BROWN, JJ.


MARVIN, Chief Judge.

From a judgment in each of these consolidated actions that arose out of a tornadic force wind burst that caused flying debris to injure the several plaintiffs attending a public festival [Let the Good Times Roll] on the Shreveport riverfront on June 19, 1992, three of the several defendants, who co-sponsored the event, and two liability insurers appeal a judgment after a jury trial that allocated fault equally between them and awarded damages...

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