MURILLO v. HERNANDEZ

No. 00-CA-1065.

772 So.2d 868 (2000)

Norma MURILLO, as Natural Tutor of Her Minor Child, Rodolpho Joshua Murillo v. Vincent HERNANDEZ and Amor Viviente, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

October 31, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Max J. Cohen, Paula H. Lee, Lowe, Stein, Hoffman, Allweiss & Hauver, L.L.P., New Orleans, Louisiana, Counsel for Norma Murillo, Plaintiff-Appellant.

James Ryan, III, Glen E. Mercer, Sessions & Fishman, L.L.P., New Orleans, Louisiana, Counsel for Amor Viviente, Inc. and Church Mutual Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees.

Panel composed of Judges SUSAN M. CHEHARDY, CLARENCE E. McMANUS and H. CHARLES GAUDIN, Pro Tempore.


CHEHARDY, Judge.

This is a dog-bite suit in which plaintiff sought recovery for severe injuries inflicted on her six-year-old son by a 65-pound dog belonging to defendant Vincente Hernandez1, which Hernandez had left tied up on the property of defendant Amor Viviente Church. The district court awarded judgment to plaintiff against Hernandez in the amount of $381,980.54, but granted a motion for involuntary dismissal by the defendant church...

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