Legal Opinion · Dissent
Ratcliff v. United Services Automobile Ass'n
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided September 20, 1965No. 10425Published
1DissentGladney, Judge
(dissenting) :
The uncontroverted facts are that on March 15, 1964, the day of the accident, Gary Ratcliff was fourteen years and ten months old. He was in the ninth grade in school, and an average student. He had known Robert Gore, a classmate, for approximately three and a half years and during their friendship they had spent many hours boating together in the powerboat owned by Major Gore. During these outings Gary had operated the boat on several occasions. On the day of the accident the boys had been swimming, skiing and boating for about four hours.
When the rear seat was removed to be…
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