ESCHETE v. MECOM

No. CA 86 0870.

509 So.2d 840 (1987)

Larry P. ESCHETE v. John MECOM, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

June 23, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Danny Lirette, Houma, for plaintiff and appellee—Larry P. Eschete.

Wood Brown, III, New Orleans, for defendant and appellants—Valhi, Inc., and Contran Holding Corp.

Before SAVOIE, CRAIN and LeBLANC, JJ.


CRAIN, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding damages to a boat operator for an injury that resulted from a collision with a well cribbing submerged under water of a private canal located on the defendant's property.

In May, 1983, Larry Eschete and his brother were fishing on a dead end canal that adjoins the intercoastal waterway near Houma, Louisiana. As they were leaving the canal the boat struck the cribbing boards of an abandoned well that...

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