Legal Opinion

Fontenot v. Fontenot

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided May 15, 1996No. 95-1483PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

liKNOLL, Judge.

The plaintiff appeals from an adverse jury verdict in which the defendants/landowners were absolved of liability for injuries a six-year-old child received when he fell from a tree and struck his head and his left wrist on a piece of farm equipment parked beneath the tree.

Angela Burke (Mrs. Burke) individually and as the mother of the minor, Christopher Ross Fontenot (Christopher), sued Elmand and Euna Fontenot (the Fontenots), the landowners, and their liability insurer, Louisiana Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company (Farm Bureau). The jury found that the Fontenots were not…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Shelton v. Aetna Casualty & Surety CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
  2. Louviere v. Great American Corp.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1966

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Robertson v. StateLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1999

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