BROOKS v. CITY OF LAKE CHARLES

No. 92-1317.

625 So.2d 578 (1993)

Margaret BROOKS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF LAKE CHARLES and National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

October 6, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Drew Averill Ranier and Norman Lamar Williams, Lake Charles, for Margaret Marie Brooks, etc., et al.

Frank M. Walker Jr., Lake Charles, for City of Lake Charles, et al.

Before DOMENGEAUX, C.J., and SAUNDERS and WOODARD, JJ.


DOMENGEAUX, Chief Judge.

On August 27, 1983, Larry Brooks drowned after falling from the boat dock at the Lake Charles Civic Center. Margaret Brooks, the decedent's surviving spouse and tutrix of the minor, Marquisha Brooks, and Rose Ann Winbush, tutrix of the minor, Brittaney Winbush, filed wrongful death and survival actions against the City of Lake Charles and its insurer. The plaintiffs' petition alleged the negligence and strict liability of the City of Lake...

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