MITTER v. ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH

No. 05-CA-375.

920 So.2d 263 (2005)

James and Beverly MITTER v. ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH and Arnold J. Labat, President, St. John the Baptist Parish.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

December 27, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Abdalian, Attorney at Law, and Matthew K. Brown, Attorney at Law, New Orleans, Louisiana, for Plaintiff/Appellee-Second Appellant.

Albert C. Miranda, Gina Puleio Campo, Attorney at Law, Metairie, Louisiana, for Defendant/Appellant.

Panel composed of Judges JAMES L. CANNELLA, MARION F. EDWARDS, SUSAN M. CHEHARDY, WALTER J. ROTHSCHILD, and JAMES C. GULOTTA, Pro Tempore.


JAMES C. GULOTTA, Judge Pro Tempore.

Defendants appeal from a $77,500 judgment for inverse condemnation and damages awarded to a resident of St. John the Baptist Parish whose property was damaged when drainage problems in an adjacent subdivision were alleviated by the Parish which resulted in erosion, flooding and stagnated water on plaintiff's property. The trial judge awarded $32,500 in property damage, $30,000 as cost...

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