Gus Kaplan, Inc. v. Central Plumbing & Heating Co.
Also decided on this docket: La. Ct. App. 1st Cir., January 8, 1974 287 So. 2d 800; La. Ct. App. 1st Cir., December 14, 1962 148 So. 2d 406; La. Ct. App. 1st Cir., December 9, 1912 10 Teiss. 106; La., April 15, 1875 27 La. 315
Gus Kaplan, Inc. v. Central Plumbing & Heating Co., 339 So. 2d 914 (La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1976).
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Opinion text
WATSON, Judge. Plaintiff, Gus Kaplan, Inc., brought this suit to recover damages it sustained, on or about December 2, 1973, when a vent cover blew off during a rainstorm, causing extensive damage to its merchandise. Made defendants were Central Plumbing & Heating Company, a commercial partnership between Leroy and Jimmie B. Guinn; the partners individually; Central’s liability insurer, Hartford Fire Insurance Company; Piccadilly Cafeteria, Inc.; a division of Piccadilly known as National Construction Company; Louisiana Investors of Delaware, Inc.; Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, the liability insurer of both Piccadilly and Louisiana Investors; Tudor Construction Company; and Tudor’s insurer, American Employers Insurance Company. All except Tudor and Tudor’s insurer, American Employers Insurance Company, have appealed from the judgment of the trial court awarding plaintiff Kaplan $55,777.30. For the reasons assigned in our docket number 5683, Fidelity & Guaranty Insurance Company v. Central Plumbing & Heating Company et al., La.App., 339 So.2d 904 , the judgment of the trial court herein is affirmed at the cost of defendants-appellants. AFFIRMED.