HARKINS v. GAUTHE

No. 97-912.

707 So.2d 1308 (1998)

Jason E. HARKINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Father Gilbert GAUTHE, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Denied April 24, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Paul Lambert, James Lowell Landry, Jr., Lafayette, for Jason E. Harkins.

Franklin White Dawkins, Lafayette, for Father Gilbert Gauthe, et al.

Bob F. Wright, Lafayette, Donald Edward McKay, Jr., New Orleans, for the Society of the Roman Catholic Church, etc.

John Hatch Hughes, Lafayette, for Houston General Ins. Co.

C. Michael Pfister, Jr., Metairie, for Roman Catholic Church of the Diocese of Lafayette.

Before YELVERTON, WOODARD and AMY, JJ.


AMY, Judge.

The plaintiff, Jason E. Harkins, filed this lawsuit alleging that, as a child, he was sexually molested by a priest. Named as defendants in the action were Father Gilbert Gauthe, The Society of the Roman Catholic Church of the Diocese of Lafayette, Inc., The Roman Catholic Church, Preferred Risk Mutual Insurance Co., Pacific Employers Insurance Company, and Houston General Insurance Company. All the defendants...

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