Sanderson v. Beaugh

367 So. 2d 14, 1978 La. App. LEXIS 3057
CourtLouisiana Court of Appeal
DecidedNovember 13, 1978
DocketNo. 9370
StatusPublished
Cited by2 cases

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Sanderson v. Beaugh, 367 So. 2d 14, 1978 La. App. LEXIS 3057 (La. Ct. App. 1978).

Opinion

LEMMON, Judge.

Mr. and Mr. Dave Sanderson have sued to recover damages resulting from the wrongful death of their 11-year old child, Patrick, who was killed while walking in the woods by a .22 caliber bullet fired from within a fenced area of pasture and stables adjacent to the woods. Defendants were Vincent Taravella, who leased the land and operated the stables, and the fathers of the three minors who were target shooting with the pistol near the fence which separated the pasture from the woodlands.

The jury, answering special interrogatories, found that the minors’ negligence caused the accident and that although Ta-ravella and Patrick Sanderson’s parents were also negligent, their negligence was not a cause of the accident.1 The Sander-sons perfected the only appeal, and the principal issue in this court involves Tarav-ella’s liability.2

I

Taravella’s operation on the leased 10-acre tract on Barataría Boulevard consisted of approximately 25 stables, which he rented to horse owners for a monthly fee, and an open pasture. This area is shown as Pasture No. 1 on the following sketch, which represents a compilation of several trial exhibits annotated with information established by testimony and photographs:

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