VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC. v. ROBERTSON

No. 81-3472.

713 F.2d 1151 (1983)

VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Willard E. ROBERTSON, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 8, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, Malcolm W. Monroe, Howard J. Ettinger, New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellants.

Roger M. Denton, Metairie, La., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before GARZA, REAVLEY and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.


GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a Louisiana diversity judgment rendered against appellant Willard E. Robertson ("Robertson") and his wholly owned Louisiana corporation, appellant Willard E. Robertson Corporation, for flood and sewage damage caused to 368 cars owned by appellee Volkswagen of America, Inc. ("Volkswagen"), a New Jersey corporation, while the cars were stored at Higgins Terminal Yard ("Higgins" or the "yard"), a 45-acre tract of land owned...

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