WRIGHT v. SKATE COUNTRY, INC.

No. 98-CA-0217.

734 So.2d 874 (1999)

Lioney WRIGHT and Barbara Wright v. SKATE COUNTRY, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 30, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph W. Thomas, New Orleans, La, And Henry P. Julien, Jr., New Orleans, La, for Plaintiffs/Appellees.

Avis Marie Russell, City Attorney, Franz L. Zibilich, Chief Deputy City Attorney, Annabelle H. Walker, Deputy City Attorney, New Orleans, La, for Defendant/Appellant/City Of New Orleans.

Court composed of Chief Judge ROBERT J. KLEES, Judge STEVEN R. PLOTKIN, Judge CHARLES R. JONES, Judge MIRIAM WALTZER, and Judge JAMES F. McKAY.


PLOTKIN, Judge.

The City of New Orleans appeals a $2,300,000 judgment in favor of the administrators of the estate of Lioney Wright, who received injuries due to a gunshot wound inflicted as he was leaving the Skate Country in New Orleans East on September 3, 1990. For the reasons detailed below, we reverse and render judgment dismissing the suit against the City of New Orleans.

FACTS

On September 3, 1990, Lioney Wright, who was 19 at the time, went...

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