CASTILLE v. CHAISSON

No. 88-135.

544 So.2d 670 (1989)

Raymond CASTILLE and his Wife, Eva Zeno Castille, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Elina K. CHAISSON, United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, ABC and XYZ Insurance Company and Lanier Cherry, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

May 24, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Orida B. Edwards, Lafayette, for plaintiffs-appellants.

McBride, Foret, Rozas and Leonard, Robert R. McBride, Lafayette, Michael Tomino, Jr., Lafayette, for defendants-appellees.

Before DOMENGEAUX, STOKER and KNOLL, JJ.


STOKER, Judge.

The question presented in this case is whether the immunity statutes exempting landowners from tort liability apply to an abandoned pond in a heavily wooded rural setting. In our opinion the statutes do apply to such premises.

This is a wrongful death and survival action case. Plaintiffs filed suit against defendants Elina Chaisson and her insurer, USF & G, for the drowning death of their 17-year-old son, Revis Castille, in a pond located...

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