STEAD v. SWANNER

No. 12-CA-727.

119 So.3d 110 (2013)

Douglas STEAD and Charlotte Bremermann v. Susan SWANNER, Chandra Sekhar Korrapati, Individually and as the Administrator of the Estate of Srinivas Korrapati a/k/a "Bobby" Korrapati, Kanaka Durga Korrapati, Srinivas Korrapati a/k/a "Bobby" Korrapati, and Sri Lakshmi Properties, LLC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

May 16, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry B. Loup , Attorney at Law, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellants.

Thomas G. Buck , Attorney at Law, Metairie, LA, W. Paul Andersson , Russell K. Jarrett , Attorneys at Law, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants/Appellees.

Panel composed of Judges FREDERICKA HOMBERG WICKER, JUDE G. GRAVOIS, and STEPHEN J. WINDHORST.


JUDE G. GRAVOIS, Judge.

Preston Stead, a seventeen-year-old high school student, drove while legally intoxicated and died after he crashed his SUV in a single-vehicle accident. His parents, plaintiffs Douglas Stead and Charlotte Bremermann, sued defendant Susan Swanner, the mother of Preston's friend, Chet Vaughn, at whose home Preston and other teens drank alcoholic beverages that evening. Plaintiffs alleged that Ms. Swanner provided inadequate supervision to the...

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