ALWELL v. MEADOWCREST HOSP., INC.

No. 07-CA-376.

971 So.2d 411 (2007)

Gerald and Betty ALWELL v. MEADOWCREST HOSPITAL, INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

October 30, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerald L. Album, Lauren L. Tafaro, Attorneys at Law, Metairie, Louisiana, for Defendant/Appellant.

Bruce A. Cranner, Karen C. Duncan, Attorneys at Law, New Orleans, Louisiana, for Defendant/Appellee.

Panel composed of Judges MARION F. EDWARDS, WALTER J. ROTHSCHILD, and GREG G. GUIDRY.


GREG G. GUIDRY, Judge.

Third-party Defendant, Liberty Surplus Insurance Corporation ("Liberty"), appeals from a summary judgment in favor of Third-party Plaintiff, Meadowcrest Hospital ("Meadowcrest"), holding Liberty to a contractual duty to defend Meadowcrest in a slip and fall case. We affirm in part and amend in part.

In 2002, Plaintiff, Betty Alwell, was allegedly injured when she slipped and fell at Meadowcrest due to a sticky substance on the floor...

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