DUFRENE v. GAUTREAU FAMILY, LLC

Nos. 07-CA-467, 07-CA-547.

980 So.2d 68 (2008)

Michelle M. DUFRENE v. GAUTREAU FAMILY, LLC, Gulf South Management, Inc. and Lafayette Insurance Company. Michelle M. Dufrene v. Gautreau Family LLC, Gulf South Managment, Inc. and Lafayette Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

February 22, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard C. Trahant, T. Peter Breslin, Attorneys at Law, Metairie, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee.

Bernard, Cassisa, Elliott & Davis, Howard B. Kaplan, Attorney at Law, Metairie, LA, Pelleteri, Wiedorn & Cooper, Raymond Pelleteri, Attorney at Law, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellant.

Panel composed of Judges SUSAN M. CHEHARDY, CLARENCE E. McMANUS, and FREDERICKA HOMBERG WICKER.


McMANUS, J.

In these consolidated appeals, the defendants appeal two judgments rendered in favor of plaintiff, the first awarding damages in plaintiff's personal injury suit, and the second imposing sanctions against defendants for failure to comply with discovery. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.

Plaintiff, Michelle Dufrene Lassley, filed suit for damages on May 21, 2002, for injuries received when she fell in a stairway...

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