Opinion

Dowdy v. City of Monroe

  • 78 So. 3d 791
  • 2011 La. App. LEXIS 1282
  • 2011 WL 5170429
Court
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Filed
Nov 2, 2011
Status
Published
Author
Drew
On the bench
Gaskins, Caraway, Drew
Cited by
25 cases

holding that “[t]he court is charged legislatively by this favored procedure to determine the legal significance of the undisputed facts”

How later courts described this case

  • holding that “[t]he court is charged legislatively by this favored procedure to determine the legal significance of the undisputed facts”
  • “Clearly, the use of the public facility by the plaintiff and all pedestrians has social utility.”
  • “A review of the jurisprudence reveals that the appellate courts have resolved on motions for summary judgment the issue of whether a condition presented an unreasonable risk of danger.”

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

DREW, J.,

dissenting.

_JjAs this appears to me to be a comparative liability case, I must respectfully dissent.

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