TARIFA v. RIESS

No. 2002-CA-1179.

856 So.2d 21 (2003)

Matthew R. TARIFA v. Iris D. RIESS, Eleanor D. Lund, Edgewood Pest Control, Inc., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Opinion Granting Rehearing September 3, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Mathis, Newman, Mathis, Brady, Wakefield & Spedale, APLC, Metairie, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant.

Alan Abadie, Chalmette, LA, for Defendants/Appellees (Iris Riess and Eleanor Lund).

Edward E. Reynolds, Crawford A. Rose, III, Law Offices of Edward E. Reynolds, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants/Appellants (Edgewood Pest Control Co., Inc. and The Louisiana Pest Control Insurance Company).

William E. Wright, Jr., Margaret L. Sunkel, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Third-Party Defendant/Appellant.

(Court composed of Judge CHARLES R. JONES, Judge DENNIS R. BAGNERIS SR., Judge MICHAEL E. KIRBY).


MICHAEL E. KIRBY, Judge.

In this redhibitory action for a reduction of the purchase price of a home, the trial court awarded the Plaintiff/Purchaser, Mathew Tarifa ("Tarifa"), the sum of $20,000.00, which was his cost in repairing the home in the way he saw fit. The trial court also found the notary who passed the act of sale liable to the Defendants/Third Party Plaintiffs/Vendors, Iris D. Riess and Eleonor D. Lund ("Riess" and/or "Lund"). We reverse the finding that...

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