TRAHAN v. TELEFLEX, INC.

No. 05-943.

922 So.2d 718 (2006)

Randy TRAHAN v. TELEFLEX, INC., Teleflex Morse, Inc., Allen Joseph Trahan, Marshland Marine, Inc., CNA Insurance Company, and State Farm Fire and Casualty Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

February 1, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wells Watson, Lake Charles, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee, Randy Trahan.

David Frohn, Robin Anderson, Lake Charles, LA, for Defendant-Appellant, Teleflex, Inc. & Teleflex Morse.

Court composed of JIMMIE C. PETERS, J. DAVID PAINTER, and JAMES T. GENOVESE, Judges.


PAINTER, Judge.

The Defendant, Teleflex, Inc. ("Teleflex"), appeals the trial court's determination that no material issue of fact remains but that English Bayou is a navigable waterway for purposes of admiralty jurisdiction.

FACTS

On August 16, 2002, Randy Trahan was riding as a passenger in a seventeen-foot Stratos Outboard water craft, which he owned but which was being operated by his brother, Allen Joseph Trahan. They were going east on English...

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