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BLANCHARD v. STATE, THROUGH PARKS & REC. COM'N

No. 97-195.

702 So.2d 768 (1997)

Yvonne BLANCHARD, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STATE of Louisiana, Through the PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

October 8, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Benoit, Breaux Bridge, for Yvonne Blanchard, et al.

Richard Phillip Ieyoub, Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, Charles T. Williams, Jr., John Elliott Baker, Metairie, Ed. M. Campbell, Asst. Atty. Gen., for State, through the Parks & Recreation, et al.

Before DOUCET, C.J., and DECUIR and AMY, JJ.

AMY, Judge.

Yvonne Blanchard filed suit against the defendants on behalf of herself and her children following the 1990 lightning-related death of her husband, Larry Blanchard. The incident occurred underneath a Cypremort Point State Park picnic pavilion which, according to the plaintiffs, was defective due to a lack of lightning protection or warning. The trial court ruled in favor of the defendants finding that the shelter was not defective and that the State owed...

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