BREAUX v. ST. CHARLES GAMING CO., INC.

Nos. 10-1349, 11-128.

68 So.3d 684 (2011)

Jennifer Ann BREAUX v. ST. CHARLES GAMING COMPANY, INC. d/b/a Isle of Capri Casino, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 22, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daryl A. Higgins , A. Mark Flake , Gaudry, Ranson, Higgins & Gremillion, LLC, Gretna, LA, for Defendants/Applicants, St. Charles Gaming Company, Inc., American Guarantee and Liability Insurance Company.

Robert E. Morgan , Attorney at Law, Lake Charles, LA, James F. DeRosier , DeRosier Law firm, L.L.C., Lake Charles, LA, for Plaintiff/Respondent, Jennifer Ann Breaux.

Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge, JOHN D. SAUNDERS, OSWALD A. DECUIR, MARC T. AMY, and PHYLLIS M. KEATY, Judges.


DECUIR, Judge.

Jennifer Ann Breaux sued St. Charles Gaming Co., Inc., d/b/a Isle of Capri Casino, and American Guarantee and Liability Insurance Co., under general maritime law for damages resulting from a fall on the M/V Crown, a floating casino permanently moored to a dock in Lake Charles. The trial court granted summary judgment in Breaux's favor on the issue of maritime jurisdiction and denied St. Charles Gaming's cross motion for summary judgment on the same...

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