CORTEZ v. ZURICH INS. CO.

No. 98 CA 2059.

752 So.2d 957 (1999)

Elizabeth CORTEZ and Murphy Cortez, Jr. v. ZURICH INSURANCE CO., R & M Foods, Inc., Noel Poirier, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 22, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Hingle, Ronald J. Favre, Michael A. Sevante, Hammond, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellee Elizabeth Cortez.

Charles A. Boggs, Anne E. Medo, New Orleans, Counsel for Defendant/Appellant Genlyte Group, Inc.

Alton B. Lewis, Hammond, Counsel for Defendants/Appellants Zurich Insurance Co., R & M Foods, Inc., and Super Valu Stores, Inc.

BEFORE: SHORTESS, PARRO, AND KUHN, JJ.


KUHN, Judge.

This appeal involves a personal injury suit in which plaintiff, Elizabeth Cortez,1 filed suit seeking to recover damages for injuries allegedly sustained when a light pole fell on the roof of her car. The defendants involved in this appeal are: Genlyte Group Incorporated ("Genlyte"), formerly d/b/a Wide-Lite International Corporation ("Wide-Lite"), the manufacturer of the light pole; R & M Foods, Inc. ("R & M"), the...

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