Barlow v. City of New Orleans

McCALEB, Justice.

We granted certiorari at the instance of defendants, City of New Orleans and its public liability insurer, Travelers Insurance Company, to review a judgment of the Court of Appeal (4th Cir.) affirming a judgment awarding $9,100 damages for injuries sustained by plaintiff as the result of a fire originating in the rear of a locked police car in which plaintiff had been placed and left unattended by two police officers of the City of New Orleans following his arrest for public drunkenness. See Barlow v. City of New Orleans, La.App., 228 So.2d 47.

At about 8 o’clock on the…