CORINNE PARK CIVIC ASS'N v. POLICE JURY, ETC.

No. 12107.

407 So.2d 438 (1981)

CORINNE PARK CIVIC ASSOCIATION, George W. Martin, N. P. McCrimmon, Ronald J. Juneau, Joseph W. Juneau, Lawrence Brown, William L. Dunlap, Claiborne T. Baye, Herbert R. Buras, and James L. Guarino v. The POLICE JURY OF the PARISH OF ST. BERNARD, Bertrand Odinet, Roy Gonzales, Peter Perniciaro, Louis Munster, John Metzler, Nick Cusimano, Claude Mumphrey, Celestine Melerine, Scott Molero, and Roland J. Bergeron, Thomas Reed, Parish Engineer, and Angelo Chetta, in His Capacity as Director-Secretary of the St. Bernard Parish Planning Commission.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 18, 1981.

Writ Granted February 19, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Dutel, Russell J. Nunez, Jr., New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Marcel Gueniot, Chalmette, for defendants-appellees.

Before GULOTTA, GARRISON and BARRY, JJ.


BARRY, Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment which held that the St. Bernard Parish Police Jury was not responsible for maintenance of a canal which caused property damage.

Plaintiffs are a civic association and property owners in Corinne Park Subdivision and Corinne Park Extension Number Two situated in St. Bernard Parish. They sued the parish police jury for damages to their homes which allegedly occurred from periodic overflowing of the Kierr Canal allegedly...

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