AKINS v. PARISH OF JEFFERSON

Nos. 91-CA-298 through 91-CA-302.

591 So.2d 800 (1991)

Anthony AKINS, et al. v. PARISH OF JEFFERSON, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Stay Order Denied; Writ Denied January 22, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Glenn Cater, Jennifer N. Willis, William P. Quigley, David J. Foshee, Fulton Place, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellants Winesberry and Weatherspoon, et al.

Sam A. LeBlanc, III, Louis C. Lacour, Jr., Leslie A. Lanusse, Joey C. Marullo, New Orleans, for defendants-appellants Board of Commissioners of the West Jefferson Levee District and Parish of Jefferson.

Henri Wolbrette, III, Arthur H. Leith, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee J.J. Krebs & Sons, Inc.

Before GAUDIN and DUFRESNE, JJ., and FINK, J. Pro Tem.


GAUDIN, Judge.

In October of 1985, Hurricane Juan caused extensive flooding in Lincolnshire and Westminister subdivisions in Marrero, Louisiana. This litigation ensued. Among the parties sued in the 24th Judicial District Court was J.J. Krebs, Inc., an engineering firm that had designed a protection levee in the early 1970s and two drainage culverts in 1978.

In addition to designing the levee and the two culverts, Krebs did a survey of the area in 1985 (before...

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