BYERS v. EDMONDSON

No. 2001 CA 1184.

826 So.2d 551 (2002)

Patsy Ann Byers, and Her Husband Lonnie Wayne BYERS, and as Natural Tutor for Jacob Eugene Byers and Joshua Noah Byers v. Sarah EDMONDSON, Benjamin Darrus, James E. Edmondson, Suzanne Edmondson, USAA Casualty Company, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Denied October 4, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Simpson, Amite, Rick A. Caballero, Baton Rouge, Ron Macaluso, Hammond, for Plaintiffs/Appellants, Patsy Ann Byers, et al.

Timothy G. Schafer, New Orleans, for Defendants/Appellees, James and Suzanne Edmondson.

Alton B. Lewis, Hammond, Walter E. Dellinger, David E. Wood, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendants/Appellees, Time Warner Entertainment Company, Et Al.

Before: CARTER, C.J., PARRO, and CLAIBORNE, JJ.


CARTER, C.J.

This is an appeal of a judgment dismissing the director and producers of the film, Natural Born Killers, from a lawsuit filed by plaintiffs, who claimed the film incited the incident wherein one of the plaintiffs was physically injured.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On March 8, 1995, Patsy Byers was shot during an armed robbery of a convenience store where she worked in Ponchatoula, Louisiana. As a result of the shooting, Patsy...

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