Legal Opinion

Miles v. City-Parish Government

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided September 2, 1971No. 8516PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ELLIS, Judge.

This is a suit by Myrtle Dyson Miles, plaintiff, for damages for the alleged wrongful death of her two minor children, Kathy Marie Richard and Rayfus O’Neal Richard, who drowned in the Northdale Canal in Baton Rouge on April 27, 1966. Defendants are the Parish of East Baton Rouge, C. Robert Carter and William Louis Albritton. After trial on the merits, plaintiff’s suit was dismissed and she has appealed.

It is not claimed by plaintiff that the trial court erred in dismissing the suit as to Mr. Carter and Mr. Albritton, and the claim as to them is considered to be abandoned.

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Slaughter v. Gravity Drainage District No. 4Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1962

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Atwell v. City of Baton RougeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1974
  2. Humphries v. TL James & Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1985
  3. Miles v. City-Parish Government of East Baton Rouge ParishSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971
  4. Chaisson v. J.J.D. Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1993

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