Robertson v. Aetna Casualty & Surety

WICKER, Judge.

Jared Robertson, Jr. appeals the district court’s judgment on the merits, dismissing his battery claim against Robert Blake, Sr. The issue is whether the trial court’s findings were manifestly erroneous or clearly wrong. We affirm.

Robertson and Blake are brothers-in-law by virtue of their wives being sisters. On the evening of May 14, 1985, Blake and several members of his family attended a promotional dinner hosted by a building supply company in Gretna. Robertson and some of his family members also attended that dinner. Toward the end of the function, Robertson and Blake…