Acts of others and of things in custody

La. Civ. Code art. 2317

La. Civ. Code art. 2317

Art. 2317. Acts of others and of things in custody. We are responsible, not only for the damage occasioned by our own act, but for that which is caused by the act of persons for whom we are answerable, or of the things which we have in our custody. This, however, is to be understood with the following modifications.