Legal Opinion
Louis v. State ex rel. Department of Transportation & Development
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 15, 2002No. 01-CA-1334PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
| ¡..CANNELLA, Judge.
In this maritime case, the Defendant, the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD), and the Plaintiff, Isaac Louis, both appeal from a judgment that found the Defendant 90% at fault and the Plaintiff 10% at fault in an accident on a ferry pontoon bridge. We affirm.
On March 23, 1999, the Plaintiff was working as a deck hand/toll collector on the ferry, M/V Feliciana, which crosses the Mississippi River at Luling on the west bank and at Edgard on the east bank. During a procedure to realign the apron of a pontoon bridge, a spinning…
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