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HAGAN v. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, STATE OF LOUISIANA

Civ. A. No. 73-110.

368 F.Supp. 446 (1973)

Arthur HAGAN and Stonewall Insurance Company v. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, STATE OF LOUISIANA, in personam.

United States District Court, M. D. Louisiana.

December 11, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. George, George & Moore, Ltd., Baton Rouge, La. for plaintiffs.

Nigel E. Rafferty, Walter W. Christy, John Blackwell, Monroe & Lemann, New Orleans, La., for Louisiana Power & Light Co.

Norman L. Sisson, Robert J. Jones, Ronald R. Thompson, Dept. of Highways, State of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, La., for the Dept. of Highways, State of Louisiana.

E. GORDON WEST, District Judge:

In the early morning hours of June 26, 1972, the shrimp trawler "CAPT. DUTCH" was proceeding in a northerly direction on the navigable waterway in Louisiana known as Bayou Lafourche. It was captained by Paul Hagan, the son of the owner of the vessel, Arthur Hagan, plaintiff herein.

The Department of Highways, State of Louisiana, owns and operates a drawbridge over Bayou Lafourche at Leeville, Louisiana. At the time of the incident...

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