Porteous v. St. Ann's Cafe & Deli
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
713 So.2d 454 (1998)
Donald C. PORTEOUS, Jr.
v.
ST. ANN'S CAFE & DELI and Lafayette Insurance Company.
No. 97-C-0837.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
May 29, 1998.
Geoffrey H. Longenecker, Madisonville, for Applicant.
Alexander Adam Lambert, John Thomas Holmes, Metairie, for Respondent.
Prior report: 693 So.2d 786.
CALOGERO, Chief Justice.[*]
On January 22, 1995, Donald C. Porteous, Jr. was dining at St. Ann's Cafe & Deli. While eating the second half of an oyster poboy, he bit down onto a small, grey, and roughly round substance, which apparently was a pearl. When plaintiff bit onto the pearl, he broke a…
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