Legal Opinion
Slavant v. Calhoun Motor Speedway
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 27, 1993No. 25189-CAPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LINDSAY, Judge.
The plaintiffs/homeowners appeal from a trial court judgment in their suit for injunc-tive relief and damages due to the noise from a motor speedway near their residences. They maintain that, under the trial court’s findings of fact, the court was required to award damages for their inconvenience. For the reasons assigned below, we reverse in part and affirm in part.
FACTS
In October of 1990, a group of 39 homeowners who resided near the Calhoun Motor Speedway in Calhoun, Louisiana, filed suit against the speedway and its insurer. [As the identity of the insurer was initially…
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