Samuel v. Community Coffee Co.

J^FOIL, J.

In this appeal, Community Coffee Company, L.L.C. d/b/a C.C.’s Gourmet Coffeehouse challenges the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of B.F. Samuel, Sr. d/b/a Upstream Shopping Center on the issue of Community’s liability under a lease contract. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Community Coffee hired Neal Hixon to assist in identifying potential sites in the New Orleans area to operate a C.C.’s Gourmet Coffeehouse. Mr. Hixon found a possible site in the Upstream Shopping Center in Jefferson, Louisiana, and began negotiations with…