Legal Opinion
Brossette v. Clofort
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 11, 1985No. CA-3425PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
LOBRANO, Judge.
Donald Brossette (Brossette) filed suit against Robert Lee (Lee) and George Clo-fort (Clofort) for personal injuries sustained by him as a result of a physical altercation. The trial court found Lee and Clofort liable in solido to Brossette in the sum of $179,344.83. This appeal followed.
The main issue to be determined by this court is a factual one, that being the question of who was the aggressor in the altercation.
The trial judge’s factual conclusions as to the events preceeding and during the altercation are very well articulated in his reasons, and are supported by the…
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