Livingston Roofing Co. v. Katz

EDWARDS, Judge.

In 1976, Shatter Chenevert, owner of Livingston Roofing Company, Inc., was contacted by two men, Briggs and Birnbaum, relative to repairing roof leaks at the Village Square Shopping Center in Baton Rouge. Briggs and Birnbaum, claiming to represent the shopping center’s owners, had an office in, and access throughout, the center. Furthermore, they knew about the building’s workings and machinery.

Chenevert inspected the roof and informed Briggs and Birnbaum that the roof needed replacement rather than repair. Nevertheless, the men requested that Chenevert repair it in spite of…