BOARD OF COM'RS OF PORT OF NEW ORLEANS v. SPLENDOUR SHIPPING & ENT. CO.

No. 4622.

255 So.2d 869 (1971)

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS of the PORT OF NEW ORLEANS, an Agency of the State of Louisiana v. SPLENDOUR SHIPPING & ENTERPRISES COMPANY, Inc., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Concurring Opinion December 16, 1971.

Rehearing Denied January 10, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, Cornelius G. Van Dalen, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, Paul A. Nalty and Leon Sarpy, New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

Before LEMMON, GULOTTA and BOUTALL, JJ.


GULOTTA, Judge.

The question posed for our consideration is whether the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans, hereinafter referred to as the Dock Board, is immune from liability in tort under the doctrine of sovereign immunity of the state and, therefore, not amenable to suit.

This litigation arises out of a collision involving a vessel, S/S Ocean Splendour, owned by defendant company and the Florida Avenue Bridge which spans the Inner Harbor...

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