MELANCON v. HYATT CORP.

No. 91-CA-0356.

589 So.2d 1186 (1991)

Jacqueline MELANCON, Wife of/and Mack Melancon v. The HYATT CORPORATION, Greg Besmehn and Elwood Conrad.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied January 30, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher J. Bruno, Stephen P. Bruno, Bruno & Bruno, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellees Jacqueline Melancon and Mack Melancon.

Craig R. Nelson, Christina P. Fay, Hulse, Nelson & Wanek, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant Hyatt Corp.

Before KLEES, BYRNES and PLOTKIN, JJ.


KLEES, Judge.

Defendant, the Hyatt Corporation, appeals the trial court's judgment awarding damages to plaintiffs, Mack Melancon and his wife Jacqueline, for defamation and loss of consortium, respectively. After reviewing the record, we affirm the trial court's judgment in favor of plaintiffs but reduce the amount of damages awarded.

From November of 1983 until February 7, 1987, Mack Melancon was employed as a shift engineer at the Hyatt Regency hotel in...

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