Legal Opinion
Richards v. BOARD OF COM'RS OF THE PORT
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 2, 2011No. 2010-CA-1171PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DANIEL L. DYSART, Judge.
Lin this appeal, plaintiffs 1 assert that the trial court erred in granting the defendants’ exceptions of collateral estoppel and issue preclusion. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
1 This lawsuit arises out of the M/V BRIGHT FIELD allision with the River-walk Mall along the Mississippi riverfront in New Orleans on December 14, 1996. Plaintiffs sued non-vessel interests, which included the International Rivercenter, New Orleans Rivercenter, NORC Riparian Properties, Corp. (“IRC/NORC”) and the Board of Commissioners of the Port of…
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