896 So. 2d 298 - Trinity Universal Insurance Co. v. Lyons’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “In 1999, the Westlake Fire Department instituted a program for junior volunteer firefighters. These young volunteers received essentially the same training that adult volunteer firefighters received. Beginning in early March 2000, James [Lyons, Jr. (Lyons), a junior volunteer firefighter with the City,] started three fires in Westlake, the last being the fire at the American Legion. During that same time, he stole payroll checks and gas cards from the Westlake Fire Department. The record indicates that [Lyons] had been a volunteer for approximately fifteen months when he set the fire at the American Legion. [Lyons'] identity as the arsonist came to light when Jarrod [sic] Roy [(Jared)], his friend and co-volunteer, related his suspicions that [Lyons] set the fire at the American Legion to the police during its investigation of the fire. Jarrod [sic] had related his suspicions to [Jacques Picou (Picou),] the assistant fire chief[,] before the fire. The police questioned [Lyons], and he confessed that he started it. He also confessed to starting the other two fires.”

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   e.g. 943 So. 2d 611 - Trinity Universal Ins. Co. v. Lyons

2. “1) the City had a duty to conduct psychological testing on junior volunteer firefighters; 2) the City had a duty to act on [Jared's] suspicions when he related them to the assistant fire chief; and 3) the City was vicariously liable for [Lyons'] arson under La.Civ.Code art. 2320.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 943 So. 2d 611 - Trinity Universal Ins. Co. v. Lyons

3. “the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, and admissions on file, together with the affidavits, if any, show that there is no genuine issue as to material fact, and that mover is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 943 So. 2d 611 - Trinity Universal Ins. Co. v. Lyons