ENGLAND v. FIFTH LOUISIANA LEVEE DIST.

No. 49,795-CA.

167 So.3d 1105 (2015)

Roosevelt ENGLAND, Sr., et al, Plaintiffs v. FIFTH LOUISIANA LEVEE DISTRICT, et al, Defendants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

June 3, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony J. Bruscato , Monroe, LA, Raymond Lee Cannon , Tallulah, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard, by Ralph S. Hubbard, III , Baton Rouge, LA, Celeste D. Elliott , Anne E. Briard , New Orleans, LA, for Second Appellant St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co.

Pugh, Accardo, Haas, Radecker & Carey, LLC, by Francis P. Accardo , Shelley L. Thompson , for Third Appellant Fifth Louisiana Levee District.

Before CARAWAY, MOORE and GARRETT, JJ.


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