Legal Opinion
Souza v. St. Tammany Parish
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 8, 2012No. 2011 CA 2198PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHigginbotham, J.
| ^Plaintiff challenges the trial court’s grant of summary judgment dismissing his suit against the City of Mandeville. The issue presented is whether plaintiffs claims are barred by a Louisiana recreational use immunity statute, La. R.S. 9:2795. Finding that plaintiffs claims are barred, we affirm.
BACKGROUND
According to the record, John V. Souza, III (“plaintiff’) was injured when he fell off his bike while riding through a tunnel on the Tammany Trace (“the Trace”) on December 2, 2007. The Trace is a 31-mile recreational trail running through five communities along the north shore of Lake…
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