Allen v. Indemnity Insurance Co. of North America

SAVOY, Judge.

Plaintiffs, husband and wife, brought this suit for damages as a result of injuries suffered by plaintiff wife at the Vernon Theater in Leesville, Louisiana, on June 11, 1958, when she sat in a seat without a back and fell backwards. The insurer of the Vernon Theater, The Indemnity Insurance Company of North America, was named defendant. The wife sued for personal injuries sustained and the husband sued for medical expenses and loss of earnings of his wife.

Defendant filed an answer denying generally the allegations of plaintiff’s petition, but this was amended and it was conceded…