Franz SOCORRO
v.
ORLEANS LEVEE BOARD and/or Board of Levee Commissioners of the Orleans Levee District; The City of New Orleans; The State of Louisiana; ABC Insurance Co.; DEF Insurance Co.; and XYZ Insurance Co.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
March 29, 1990.
Rehearings Denied June 19, 1990.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Phillip A. Wittmann, Stephen H. Kupperman, Charles L. Stern, Jr., Alex J. Peragine, Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittmann & Hutchinson, and Raymon G. Jones, Jaime C. Waters, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, for the Board of Com'rs of the Orleans Levee Dist., defendant-appellant.
Robert A. Redwine, Alan D. Ezkovich, Sessions, Fishman, Boisfontaine, Nathan, Winn, Butler, & Barkley, New Orleans, for the City of New Orleans, defendant-appellee.
David W. Robertson, Austin, Tex., and Vincent J. Glorioso, Jr., Ronald A. Welcker, Dennis J. Phayer, Glorioso, Welcker & Phayer, New Orleans, and Edward A. Kaufman, Jeffrey Dickstein, Miami, Fla., for Franz Socorro, plaintiff-appellee.
Before BARRY, CIACCIO, LOBRANO, WARD and WILLIAMS, JJ.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.
PER CURIAM.
Plaintiff, Franz Socorro, sustained severe injuries when he dove from the bulkhead at Breakwater Point in New Orleans and struck a submerged object on the bottom of Lake Pontchartrain.1 He sued the City of New Orleans, the Board of Commissioners for the Orleans Levee District (the "Levee Board"), and the State of Louisiana for damages as a result of that accident. Also named as defendants were the "XYZ" insurance companies...
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