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PETCHAK v. BOSSIER PARISH POLICE JURY

No. 45,705-CA.

55 So.3d 840 (2010)

Steven and Melanie PETCHAK, Plaintiffs v. BOSSIER PARISH POLICE JURY, Defendant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 16, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Booth Lockard Politz LeSage, & Odom, L.L.C., Shreveport, LA by Mark W. Odom , for plaintiffs, First Appellants.

Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway, Shreveport, LA by Kenneth Mascagni , for defendant, Second Appellants.

Before WILLIAMS, STEWART and CARAWAY, JJ.

CARAWAY, J.

This case concerns leaking underground drainage culverts which were constructed partially within a drainage easement shown to encumber the plaintiffs' lot on the 1978 plat of their subdivision. As a result of the water flow, the ground beneath plaintiffs' home has been undermined, causing foundational and structural problems. Arguing that the drainage system falls within the ownership and responsibility of the parish police jury, the plaintiffs sued the...

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