Coludrovich v. Hess

KLEES, Judge.

On July 4, 1978, the plaintiff and the defendant and members of their respective families were at Fort Jackson located in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana celebrating Independence Day. About 6:00 P.M. a fist fight broke out between the defendant’s sixteen year old son and another young man while they were standing on a bridge. Mr. Camille Gomez, the maintenance superintendent at the park attempted to break up the fight and while doing so was thrown over the bridge into the muddy moat below by a man he later identified as the defendant.

It was after Mr. Gomez was thrown over the…