LEMELLE v. ST. CHARLES GAMING COMPANY, INC.

No. 11-255.

118 So.3d 1 (2012)

Thomas LEMELLE v. ST. CHARLES GAMING COMPANY, INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

January 4, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Morgan , James A. Blanco , Allen J. Mitchell, II , Mitchell & Blanco, LLC, James F. DeRosier , DeRosier Law Firm, L.L.C., Lake Charles, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee, Thomas Lemelle.

Brian D. Wallace , Evans Martin McLeod , Clay Bland, Jr. , Phelps Dunbar , L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, St. Charles Gaming Company, Inc. d/b/a Isle of Capri Casino — Lake Charles.

Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge, SYLVIA R. COOKS, MARC T. AMY, SHANNON J. GREMILLION and PHYLLIS M. KEATY, Judges.


AMY, Judge.

The defendant gaming company claims that the trial court erred in granting a summary judgment in favor of the plaintiff, who was injured while intoxicated aboard a riverboat casino owned by the defendant. Although the trial court determined that the riverboat casino was a vessel for purposes of general maritime law in its ruling, the defendant again urges its own motion for summary judgment on the issue of vessel status. For the following reasons, we reverse...

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