Legal Opinion
Weatherford v. United States
District Court, M.D. Louisiana
Decided January 27, 1997No. Civil Action 96-3269-B-M2PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON MOTION TO DISMISS
POLOZOLA, District Judge.
The United States of America (“United States”) has filed a motion to dismiss pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. For the reasons which follow, the motion is GRANTED.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On August 13, 1993, Aaron Weatherford, was injured when the small aluminum skiff he was operating on Bayou Sorrell struck a partially submerged dredging pipeline owned and operated by COBO Services, Inc. (“COBO”). At the time of the accident, COBO was performing maintenance dredging of Bayou Sorrell, which is part of the…
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- Rashidi v. American President LinesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
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