Legal Opinion
Usé v. Usé
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 7, 1995No. 94 CA 0972PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
|2SHORTESS, Judge.
This appeal arises out of a boating accident which occurred during a late night frogging trip. Todd R. Usé, Paul Usé, Jules Usé and Chris J. Lirette (plaintiffs) were frogging about 1:00 a.m., August 12, 1990, in a fifteen-foot aluminum boat when they struck the piling of an abandoned oil well. The boat took on water from the rear and sank. Plaintiffs fell into the water, then climbed onto the tops of the pilings where they spent the rest of the night. At daylight, Paul swam to the opposite bank and eventually returned with rescue help. Initially, Jules and Todd Usé and…
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