ADAMS v. SOUTH LAFOURCHE LEVEE DIST.

Nos. 2015 CA 0507, 2015 CA 0508.

199 So.3d 20 (2016)

Jason and Stacey ADAMS, Richard Racki and Angela Racki, Ernest Kiger, Sr., Lorraine Cheramie, Joanne Bellanger, Raymond Orgeron, Wayne Lee, Sr., Ijnace Adams, Jr., Jerry Ledet, Debra Chandler, Early H. Horton, Ray Ledet, and Pamela George v. SOUTH LAFOURCHE LEVEE DISTRICT. 5 Chers, Inc. v. South Lafourche Levee District.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

June 27, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Loulan J. Pitre, Jr. , Aimee Williams Hebert , Jane A. Jackson , New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-1st Appellant, South Lafourche Levee District.

George B. Recile , Preston L. Hayes , Metairie, LA, for Plaintiffs-2nd Appellants, Jason Adams, et al.

Jack E. Chappuis, Jr. , Francis J. Lobrano , W. Allen Schafer , Belle Chasse, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee, 5 Chers, Inc.

Patrick M. Amedee , Marla E. Mitchell , Thibodaux, LA, for Amicus Curae, North Lafourche Conservation Levee and Drainage District.

Before PETTIGREW, HIGGINBOTHAM, and CRAIN, JJ.


This consolidated matter concerns a class action and individual lawsuit filed in response to an appropriated permanent levee servitude that included the excavation of dirt for a hurricane protection project affecting 355 tracts of land in Lafourche Parish. The pertinent issue on appeal is what compensation, if any, is due the landowners...

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