Legal Opinion

Dorry v. LaFleur

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 18, 1981No. 80-C-2440PublishedCited by 95 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

399 So.2d 559 (1981)

James DORRY

v.

Goldman LAFLEUR.

No. 80-C-2440.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 18, 1981.

Rehearing Denied July 2, 1981.

Steven Broussard, Lake Charles, for plaintiff-applicant.

Jack Rogers, Lake Charles, for defendant-respondent.

FEDOROFF, Justice Ad Hoc.

This action for damages was brought by a patron of defendant's skating rink, for personal injury sustained in a fall caused by water leaking through a defective roof. The district court, finding plaintiff had assumed the risk and was contributorily negligent, dismissed the suit. The court of appeal affirmed (La.App., 387 So.2d…

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2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Loescher v. ParrSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
  2. Langlois v. Allied Chemical CorporationSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971
  3. Chappuis v. Sears Roebuck & Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
  4. Smolinski v. TaulliSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
  5. Holland v. BuckleySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1974

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3Cited by95 opinions

  1. Kent v. Gulf States Utilities Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
  2. Murray v. Ramada Inns, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1988
  3. DeBattista v. Argonaut-Southwest Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
  4. Landry v. StateSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1986
  5. Naylor v. La. Dept. of Public HighwaysLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1982

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