Legal Opinion

Roy Bufkin, Jr. v. Felipe's Louisiana, LLC

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided October 15, 2014No. 2014-CC-0288PublishedCited by 194 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHughes, J.

| iThis writ presents the issue of whether a building contractor breached any legal duty owed to a pedestrian crossing a street next to the contractor’s dumpster, who was struck by an oncoming bicyclist. After a thorough review of the record presented, we conclude that the dumpster was obvious and apparent, and not unreasonably dangerous; thus, there was no duty to warn of the clearly visible obstruction, and the district court erred in failing to grant summary judgment dismissing the contractor. Therefore, we reverse the district court judgment, render summary judgment in favor of the…

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2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. Independent Fire Ins. Co. v. Sunbeam Corp.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 2000
  3. State v. ForetSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
  4. Babin v. Winn-Dixie Louisiana, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 2000
  5. Schultz v. GuothSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2011

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3Cited by194 opinions

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  3. Butler v. Denka Performance ElastomerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2021
  4. Jones v. StewartLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2016
  5. Temple v. MorganLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2016

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