Legal Opinion
James Burns, Individually and as Next Friend of Eric Burns, a Minor, Plaintiff v. M.A. Gleason, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 24, 1987No. 86-4597PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Circuit Judge:
In this diversity action M.A. Gleason, Jr. appeals the denial of post-trial motions after an adverse jury verdict, contending that ownership and display of a wild jaguar is not subject to Louisiana’s rule of absolute liability. Finding that the district court, sitting as an Erie 1 court, properly applied the prevailing provisions of Louisiana law and correctly declined defendants’ invitation to either ignore or overrule rulings by the Louisiana Supreme Court, we affirm.
Background
On June 23, 1983, nine-year-old Eric Burns, accompanied his teenage sister to Gleason’s…
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