Legal Opinion
Rue v. Continental Insurance Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 20, 1978No. 6749PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DOMENGEAUX, Judge.
This case involves the recovery for damages arising out of a boating accident.
On June 1, 1974, plaintiff, William Rue, and his two sons, Louis and Joe, were boating on the Cane River in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. On the same day, Brad Cohen, son of the defendant’s insured, Morris Cohen, was also boating on the Cane River in his father’s boat accompanied by some friends. The Cohen and Rue boats collided, and it is this collision which forms the basis of the suit.
At the time of the accident, both groups were engaged in water skiing maneuvers. The Rue boat was proceeding…
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