FIELDS v. LOFTON

No. 97 CA 0884.

712 So.2d 268 (1998)

David Merritt FIELDS and Lee Ann Moon Fields, v. Michael David LOFTON and Leslie Meares Lofton.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

May 15, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund J. Schmidt, III, Jefferson, for Plaintiffs-Appellees David Merritt Fields, et al.

Paul T. Thompson, Baker, for Defendants-Appellants Michael David Lofton, et al.

Harold J. Adkins, Baton Rouge, for Defendant-Appellant City of Zachary.

Walton Barnes, II, Baton Rouge, for Third Party Defendant Craft Hardware and Furniture, Inc.

Carl L. Aspelund, Metairie, Carlos M. Finalet, III, Baton Rouge, for Defendant-Attorney General, Richard P. Ieyoub, Department of Justice, Civil Division.

Before CARTER and FITZSIMMONS, JJ., and CHIASSON, J. Pro Tem.


REMY CHIASSON, Judge Pro Tem.

David Merritt Fields and Lee Ann Moon Fields (Fields) filed an action on June 1, 1995, against the prior owners of their home, Michael David Lofton and Leslie Meanness Lofton (Loftons). They sought damages on the basis that water leakage from the attic rendered the home materially defective and substandard. The Loftons filed a third party demand against the City of Zachary (City). The third party demand alleged that any liability owed...

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