Legal Opinion
Cothern v. LaRocca
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 4, 1970No. 49897, 49902PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARHAM, Justice.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy R. Cothern sued for damages for an injury sustained by Mrs. Cothern when she fell on the night of April 3, 1965, on the premises of the Travel Inn Motel. The accident happened as the Cothern family were alighting from their automobile in order to enter Jim’s Place, a restaurant adjacent to the motel. The defendants in the suit are Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Lavigne, owners of the motel, and their insurer, Employers’ Liability Assurance Corporation, Ltd. (mistakenly referred to in the petition by another name), and Peter J. LaRocca, lessee-operator of the restaurant,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Klein v. YoungSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1926
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- Allain v. FrigolaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1917
- Ciaccio v. CarbajalSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1919
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3Cited by40 opinions
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