Legal Opinion

Boyer v. Seal

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided December 11, 1989No. 89-C-0093PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

553 So.2d 827 (1989)

Lillian Callais BOYER

v.

Lanette SEAL and America First Insurance Company.

No. 89-C-0093.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 11, 1989.

Rehearing Denied January 18, 1990.

Anthony L. Glorioso, for applicant.

Thomas E. Loehn, Robert I. Baudouin, Boggs, Loehn & Rodrigue, for respondent.

DENNIS, Justice.[*]

The issue in this case is whether a plaintiff, who has been injured by a domestic animal, must prove, in order to recover damages from the animal's owner under Louisiana Civil Code article 2321, that the injury occurred through an unreasonable risk of harm created by the animal. The…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Loescher v. ParrSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
  2. New York Trust Co. v. EisnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
  3. Entrevia v. HoodSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
  4. United States v. Carroll Towing Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
  5. Langlois v. Allied Chemical CorporationSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971

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