Soileau v. Audubon Insurance Co.

THOMAS J. KLIEBERT, Judge Pro Tem.

The plaintiff-appellant, Dudley Soileau, takes this devolutive appeal from a judgment dismissing his action against The Audubon Indemnity Company on a motion for a directed verdict (dismissal) made after plaintiff rested his case in chief. The plaintiffs suit for damages arose out of a fire at his residence. He sued the Audubon Indemnity Company alleging that employees of its insured, the City of Ville Platte, intentionally or negligently caused the fire at his residence. The Audubon Insurance Company, fire insurance carrier on plaintiff’s home, intervened in…