Legal Opinion
Vicknair v. Hibernia Building Corp.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 14, 1984No. CA-1473PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KLEES, Judge.
In this case, defendant Broadmoor Corporation appeals an award made by the district court to plaintiffs Floyd and Beverly Vicknair and their son Eric for injuries suffered by Beverly and the then unborn Eric on November 3, 1976, when Beverly, then eight months pregnant, was forced to descend twenty-one flights of stairs in response to a false fire alarm. The threshold issue on appeal is defendant’s exception of prescription, which was filed for the first time in this court. For the reasons stated below, we remand this case to the district court for trial of the prescription…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Shelton v. Aetna Casualty & Surety CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
- Barrois v. NotoLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1969
- Smith v. GirleyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1971
- A Second Mortgage Co. of Baton Rouge v. GatlinLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1970
- American Ins. Co. v. HollandLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1981
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Vicknair v. Hibernia Bldg. Corp.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1985
- Vicknair v. Hibernia Bldg. Corp.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1985
- Vicknair v. Hibernia Building Corp.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
- Vicknair v. Hibernia Building Corp.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1985