SIMMONS v. BOARD OF COM'RS FOR PORT OF N.O.

No. CA 0917.

442 So.2d 836 (1983)

Joe SIMMONS v. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR the PORT OF NEW ORLEANS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

December 9, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Paul Demarest, T.A., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Paul B. Deal, Jerald L. Album, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

Before REDMANN, C.J., and CIACCIO and WILLIAMS, JJ.


CIACCIO, Judge.

The trial court rendered summary judgment in favor of defendant. Plaintiff has appealed. We affirm.

Plaintiff-appellant, Joe Simmons, alleged that he sustained injuries when a gate collapsed and fell on him while he was working at the Desire Street wharf as a longshoreman for Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc. Plaintiff sued the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans alleging that the Dock Board owned the gate. Relying on the provisions...

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