Lamartiniere v. Allstate Insurance Co.

SHORTESS, Judge.

Defendants, the State of Louisiana, through the Office of the Fire Marshall and Deputy Fire Marshall, and Emerson Wilkerson, appeal a judgment in favor of plaintiffs, Mark J. Lamartiniere and Rita B. Lamartiniere in the amount of $2,500' for invasion of privacy.

The trial court made extensive factual findings in this ease, which are essentially undisputed, and which we adopt as our own.

In November of 1977, a fire destroyed the residence of plaintiffs, Mark and Rita Lamartiniere. At the time the fire occurred, plaintiffs were at a hunting camp some distance from their home. When…