GUIDRY v. DWIGHT MANUEL, INC.

No. 03-1236.

877 So.2d 346 (2004)

Sandres J. GUIDRY, et al. v. DWIGHT MANUEL, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

July 7, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald C. deLaunay, Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellees/Appellants Cathy D. Guidry, Guico Specialty Company, Inc., Sandres J. Guidry.

Charles J. Foret, Briney & Foret, Lafayette, LA, for Defendants/Appellants Dwight Manuel, Inc., Maryland Casualty Insurance Company.

John O. Kopynec, Roy J. DiVincenti, III, Geraldine Fontenot Roberts, Lindsey J. Leavoy, Owen Arden Neff, Law Offices of Roy J. DiVincenti, III, Baton Rouge, LA, Pride J. Doran, DiVincenti, Fontenot-Roberts & Doran, Lafayette, LA, David Shaw, Neal, Stephens & Grace, Metairie, LA, for Defendant/Appellant Maryland Casualty Insurance Company.

John H. Hughes, Allen & Gouch, Lafayette, LA, for Defendants/Appellees MPW Construction, Inc., Acadiana Architects, LLC, William P. Mills, III.

James Allen Lochridge, Jr., Voorhies & Labbe, Lafayette, LA, Brent P. Frederick, Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant/Appellee Baldwin Redi-Mix, Inc.

William W. Koetting, Lafayette, LA, Defendant/Appellee in Proper Person.


WOODARD, Judge.

The Plaintiffs appeal the jury's determinations concerning fault allocation and damages. Defendant and third-party Plaintiff, Manuel, appeals the fault allocation, as well. We affirm the trial court's fault allocation but increase the damages awarded to $243,970.00.

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In May 1998, Sandres J. Guidry and his wife, Cathy, retained Acadiana Architects (Acadiana) to design a building to serve as the new office and warehouse for...

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