Case Name: James W. ROLEN, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of the Minor Child, Vickie Lea Rolen v. MARYLAND CASUALTY COMPANY
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1970-11-25
Citations: 241 So. 2d 252
Docket Number: No. 50958
Parties: James W. ROLEN, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of the Minor Child, Vickie Lea Rolen v. MARYLAND CASUALTY COMPANY.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 241
Pages: 252–252

Head Matter:
256 La. 1149
James W. ROLEN, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of the Minor Child, Vickie Lea Rolen v. MARYLAND CASUALTY COMPANY.
No. 50958.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Nov. 25, 1970.

Opinion:
TATE, Judge
(concurring in denial).
La.Civil Code Art. 231, according to its original intent, provides strict liability for the keepers of animals which injure humans, with the burden upon him to exculpate himself from the presumption of fault by showing fortuitous event or the imprudence of the victim, Delisle v. Bourriague, 105 La. 77, 29 So. 731 (1901); Planiol, Civil Law Treatise, Vol. 2, Sections 918-922 (LSLI translation, 1959) ; Surveyer, Delic-tual Responsibility, 8 Tul.L.Rev. 53, 66-68 (1933). Recent jurisprudential interpretations have varied the application of the article, as shown by the court of appeal opinion. Until this court re-examines the question, there is no error of law under the facts found.