Butler v. Re/Max New Orleans Properties, Inc.

|2TERRI F. LOVE, Judge.

This appeal concerns the grant of summary judgment as to some defendants in a wrongful death action following Rufus Butler’s swimming pool drowning in the backyard of a residence owned by Morris Sa-huque, a Florida resident. Sahuque had listed the property for sale “as is” with RE/MAX New Orleans Property (“Re/ Max”). Butler allegedly had been asked to inspect the property to give an estimate for debris and trash removal, and was later found dead at the property. Because we determined that the real estate agent did not have the requisite custody, or garde, of the…