BOURQUE v. ESSEX INS. CO.

No. 11-587.

86 So.3d 840 (2012)

Patricia BOURQUE v. ESSEX INSURANCE CO., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

March 14, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raleigh Newman , Donald Wayne McKnight , Claude P. Devall, J.   Lee Hoffoss, Jr. , Newman, Hoffoss & Devall, LLP, Barry Alwin Roach , Larry A. Roach, Inc., Lake Charles, LA, for Plaintiff Appellant, Patricia Bourque.

Michael Joey Bernard , André Collins Gaudin , Burglass & Tankersley, LLC, Metairie, LA, for Defendant Appellee, Essex Insurance Co., Donald Lack Construction, Inc.

Court composed of SYLVIA R. COOKS, JOHN D. SAUNDERS, JIMMIE C. PETERS, MARC T. AMY and BILLY H. EZELL, Judges.


SAUNDERS, Judge.

This is a personal injury case wherein the plaintiff contends that she suffered damages from the fall of an improperly installed kitchen light fixture on August 19, 2002. The defendants contend that the plaintiff failed to carry her burden to prove that this accident occurred or, alternatively, that she was injured by the falling fixture.

Two separate jury trials were completed. In both, a compound jury interrogatory asked whether the plaintiff...

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