JULIA STREET PARTNERS v. NEW ORLEANS

No. 2002-CA-0777.

830 So.2d 1131 (2002)

639 JULIA STREET PARTNERS v. The CITY OF NEW ORLEANS and the Downtown Development District of New Orleans.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 12, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miles G. Trapolin, Trapolin Law Firm, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant.

Charles L. Rice, Jr., City Attorney, Carl V. Williams, Assistant City Attorney, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellee.

(Court composed of Judge STEVEN R. PLOTKIN, Judge MIRIAM G. WALTZER, Judge PATRICIA RIVET MURRAY).


STEVEN R. PLOTKIN. Judge.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether the trial court applied the correct law of solidarity, La. C.C. art 2324B, to joint tortfeasors who were comparatively at fault.

Plaintiff-appellant, 639 Julia Street Partners, (Partners) appeal a judgment that awarded damages in the sum of $317, 445, and held that the defendant, City of New Orleans (CNO) 60% at fault and a co-defendant 40% at fault. The court then applied the 1996 amendment...

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