RUSCHEL v. ST. AMANT

No. 11-CA-78.

66 So.3d 1149 (2011)

Albert J. RUSCHEL, Jr. v. Mary Ann ST. AMANT and Edgar J. St. Amant, Jr. and American National Property & Casualty Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

May 24, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irl R. Silverstein , David A. Silverstein , Attorneys at Law, Gretna, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant, Albert J. Ruschel, Jr.

James R. Nieset, Jr. , Michael Madere , Ralph Aucoin, Jr. , Porteous, Hainkel & Johnson, Attorneys at Law, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, American National Property & Casualty Company.

Panel composed of Judges SUSAN M. CHEHARDY, WALTER J. ROTHSCHILD, and HILLARY J. CRAIN, Pro Tempore.


SUSAN M. CHEHARDY, Judge.

Albert Ruschel appeals a summary judgment dismissing his personal injury suit. We affirm.

FACTS

Ruschel, a licensed electrician, was working at the residence of Mary Ann St. Amant and Edgar St. Amant in Crown Point, Louisiana, on March 7, 2009. He needed to access the electrical facilities on the outside of the residence, but to do so he had to climb over a barge hatch cover that was lying flat on the ground outside the...

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