Douglas v. State ex rel. Dept. of Culture, Recreation & Tourism

1DUFRESNE, Judge.

Plaintiff has appealed the trial court’s granting defendant’s motion for involuntary dismissal of his personal injury lawsuit.

Carlos C. Douglas, Sr., filed suit against the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, Office of State Parks for bodily injuries sustained after he allegedly slipped and fell at the Bayou Segnette State Park boat dock.

Plaintiff alleges that he slipped and fell on wet algae growing on the boards of the boat dock. He alleges that the wooden boat dock was made unreasonably dangerous by the presence of a film of…