Boudreaux v. American Insurance Company

HAMLIN, Justice:

We directed certiorari to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, for review of its judgment which affirmed the judgment of the trial court dismissing plaintiffs’ suit for damages allegedly suffered by the death of their father resulting from a restaurant fire. Art. VII, Sec. 11, La.Const. of 1921; La.App., 245 So.2d 794; 258 La. 759, 247 So.2d 861.

On February 24, 1967, sometime after 1:00 A.M., a fire occurred in Charlie’s Steak House, 4510 Dryades Street, New Orleans, Louisiana. An alarm was turned in at 1:52 A.M. by a passerby, and shortly thereafter a general alarm was…