Sons v. New Amsterdam Casualty Co.

SAMUEL, Judge.

Plaintiff filed this suit for personal injuries sustained by him in a fall from a wharf. The two defendants, the owner of the wharf and his liability insurer, answered denying any fault on their part and alternatively pleading contributory negligence and assumption of the risk on the part of plaintiff. Defendants have appealed from a judgment awarding plaintiff $400 for his injuries and $80.50 for medical expenses.

The accident happened at a marina in Empire, Louisiana, where the defendant-insured rented dock space to charter boat operators. More particularly insofar as this case…