GIARRATANO v. KREWE OF ARGUS, INC.

No. 83-CA-486.

449 So.2d 530 (1984)

Anthony J. GIARRATANO v. The KREWE OF ARGUS, INC. and Puritan Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 17, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Michalczyk, Cronvich, Wambsgans & Michalczyk, Metairie, T. Robert Lacour, Kenner, for Anthony J. Giarratano plaintiff-appellee.

Robert E. Winn and Shirley A. Nassif, Sessions, Fishman, Rosenson, Boisfontaine & Nathan, New Orleans, for The Krewe of Argus, Inc. and Puritan Insurance Company defendants-appellants.

Before BOUTALL, GAUDIN and GRISBAUM, JJ.


BOUTALL, Judge.

Appellants, the Krewe of Argus and its insurer Puritan Insurance Company, appeal a judgment of $75,000.00 rendered against them as the result of an injury to a Mardi Gras parade spectator. We affirm for the reasons which follow.

Plaintiff-appellee Anthony J. Giarratano sustained a severe eye injury while attending the Krewe of Argus parade with his family on February 7, 1978. Mr. Giarratano suffered extensive and permanent damage to the vision...

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