Legal Opinion

Robert Douglas Lafitte v. Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided June 22, 1960No. 9233PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GLADNEY, Judge.

This action by Robert Douglas Lafitte, Sr. and Sarah Jane Watts Lafitte, parents of twelve year old Clarence Melvin Lafitte, was instituted for the purpose of recovering damages by reason of the boy’s death by drowning while the guest of Robert H. Snell at a camp on Lake Bistineau. Snell and his insurer, Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance Company, are named defendants. From a judgment sustaining an exception of no cause and no right of action, plaintiffs have appealed.

The petition filed in the Caddo Parish District Court on January 18, 1960, alleges that about 4:00 o’clock p. m. on…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Alexander v. General Accident Fire & L. Assur. Corp.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1957
  2. Knight v. Travelers Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1947
  3. Crittenden v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New YorkLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1955
  4. McKenna v. City of ShreveportLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1931
  5. Regenbogen v. Southern Shipwrecking CorporationLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1949

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Kuhn v. OulliberLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1969
  2. Callender v. WilsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1964
  3. Whitney v. Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1969
  4. Begnaud v. DeboisblancLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1975
  5. Ratcliff v. United Services Automobile Ass'nLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1965

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