COLLETT v. BRANCH

No. CA 86 1191.

516 So.2d 450 (1987)

Ned COLLETT, Jr. v. Dale BRANCH, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 7, 1988.

Writ Denied March 11, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam Collett Jr., Bogalusa, and Jacques Bezou, New Orleans, for plaintiff, appellant.

Edward Rodrigue, Jr., New Orleans, for defendants, appellees.

Before GROVER L. COVINGTON, C.J., and SAVOIE and LeBLANC, JJ.


GROVER L. COVINGTON, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff appeals the judgment of the trial court which granted a motion for a directed verdict in favor of the defendants and dismissed his suit. Because we find that the trial judge abused his much discretion in granting the motion, we vacate it and remand this case for a full trial.

This suit arose out of an incident occurring on April 19, 1981, when plaintiff and a number of other teenaged friends were boating and skiing...

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