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BORDELON v. GRAVITY DRAINAGE DIST. NO. 4

No. 10-1318.

74 So.3d 766 (2011)

David O. BORDELON, et al. v. GRAVITY DRAINAGE DISTRICT NO. 4 OF WARD 3 OF CALCASIEU PARISH, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

October 5, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Broussard , Randall E. Hart , Attorneys at Law, Lake Charles, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellees, David O. Bordelon, et al.

Timothy George Schafer , Rachel S. Kellogg , Schafer & Schafer, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, American Alternative Insurance Corp.

Robert E. Landry , Scofield, Gerard, Singletary & Pohorelsky, Lake Charles, LA, Edwin Henry Byrd III , Pettiette, Armand, Dunkelman, Woodley, Byrd & Cromwell, Shreveport, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, Gravity Drainage District No. 4 of Ward 3 of Calcasieu Parish.

Todd A. Townsley , Townsley Law Firm, Lake Charles, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellees, Carl Thibodeaux , Janet Postell , J.B. Postell , Douglas Shearman , Claire Shearman , Karen Thibodeaux.

Court composed of ELIZABETH A. PICKETT, BILLY HOWARD EZELL, and SHANNON J. GREMILLION, Judges.

GREMILLION, Judge.

The defendants, Gravity Drainage District No. 4 of Ward 3 of Calcasieu Parish (the district) and American Alternative Insurance Corporation, appeal the jury verdict in favor of the plaintiffs, 24 homeowners whose properties are located within the drainage district. These homes experienced flooding in the wake of Hurricane Rita in September 2005, and plaintiffs claimed that the planning and delayed implementation of measures intended to cope with...

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