Legal Opinion

Kasem v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided February 10, 2017No. 2016 CA 0217PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtPettigrew, J.

| ¿The plaintiff, Zaine Kasem (Kasem), appeals a judgment that granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants, Joyce B. Williams, H.R. Williams Cattle Company (HRW), (defendants), and their insurer, State Farm and Fire Casualty Company, and dismissed Kasem’s claims against them for injuries she sustained allegedly when she was “run over” by a cow that had gotten loose from a herd co-owned by Williams and HRW. The cow escaped through a fence that ordinarily enclosed the herd, but had been damaged by a fallen tree. For the following reasons, we reverse and remand.

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