242 So. 2d 644 - Robichaux v. Theriot’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “"Counsel for the appellant contends that the Forty Arpent Canal is a navigable body of water, and that if the court should find any negligence on the part of Breaux was a concurrent cause of the collision, then, the appellant argues that any judgment rendered should not be a solidary liability, but that the Divided Damages Rule of Admiralty Law should apply. The trial court correctly disposed of this issue by pointing out that the issue was not raised either in the pleadings, or in the trial of the case. In the absence of proof of the navigability of the body of water, the court could not presume that it was navigable. Burns v. Crescent Gun & Rod Club, 116 La. 1038 , 41 So. 249 . The Trial Court correctly disposed of this issue by holding the evidence did not show the body of water was navigable." (Emphasis added).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 320 So. 2d 917 - Southern Natural Gas Co. v. Gulf Oil Corp.