FUESTING v. LAFAYETTE PARISH BAYOU VERMILION DIST.

No. 05-30908.

470 F.3d 576 (2006)

Michael T. FUESTING, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LAFAYETTE PARISH BAYOU VERMILION DISTRICT; Lafayette Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 14, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Lambert (argued), Lafayette, LA, for Fuesting.

Kraig Thomas Strenge (argued), Lafayette, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.

William Harry Eckert, David I. Bordelon (argued), Ungarino & Eckert, Metairie, LA, for Intervenors.

Before SMITH, GARZA and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.


EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:

In this suit involving the allision of a pleasure boat with a partially submerged and abandoned shrimp boat, the pleasure boat owner, Michael Fuesting, appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant Lafayette Parish Bayou Vermilion District (the "District"). Fuesting argues that the district court erred in finding that Louisiana's governmental statutory immunity...

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