{"id":2385,"date":"2011-01-29T12:40:09","date_gmt":"2011-01-29T12:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.carnivalneworleans.com\/?p=2385"},"modified":"2011-02-04T19:58:49","modified_gmt":"2011-02-04T19:58:49","slug":"mardi-gras-float-trial-continued-without-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.carnivalneworleans.com\/?p=2385","title":{"rendered":"Mardi Gras Float Trial Continued Without Date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--My countdown widget - HTML code - mycountdown.org --><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 15px 0px 0px 0px;\">\n<p><noscript><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"width:140px;border:1px solid #ccc;background:#fff ;color: #fff ;font-weight:bold;\"><a style=\"text-decoration:none;color:#000 ;\" href=\"http:\/\/mycountdown.org\/Celebration\/Mardi_Gras\/\">Mardi Gras Countdown<\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/noscript><script src=\"http:\/\/mycountdown.org\/countdown.php?group=Celebration&amp;countdown=Mardi+Gras&amp;cp3_Hex=FFB200&amp;cp2_Hex=7A317C&amp;cp1_Hex=FFFFFF&amp;widget_number=3010&amp;fwdt=150&amp;lab=1\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--end of code--><br \/>\nA trial involving an accident and subsequent injuries on a Mardi Gras float has been continued without date after the New Orleans Police  Department (NOPD) and an unidentified insurance company were added as defendants. Michael and Kim Duplantier are suing the Krewe of  Pygmalion, Paidia Club Inc. (doing business as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bardsofbohemia.com\/\">Bards of Bohemia<\/a>-BOB)\u00a0  and NOPD, after the float the couple was riding on  crashed into a tree and allegedly cause debilitating injuries to Michael  Duplantier.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2405\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.carnivalneworleans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BOB.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2405\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2405\" title=\"BOB\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.carnivalneworleans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BOB.jpg\" alt=\"BOB\" width=\"720\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.carnivalneworleans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BOB.jpg 720w, http:\/\/blog.carnivalneworleans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BOB-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2405\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bards of Bohemia<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n   google_ad_client = \"pub-2308209459674001\"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = \"728x90_as\"; google_ad_type = \"text_image\"; google_ad_channel =\"\"; google_color_border = \"CCCCCC\"; google_color_bg = \"C2C2C2\"; google_color_link = \"000000\"; google_color_url = \"666666\"; google_color_text = \"333333\";\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A bench trial set for Jan. 10 had originally been listed on the docket. Judge Robin Giarusso is overseeing the case.<\/p>\n<p>Assistant  City Attorney Detrich Hebert is representing the city of New Orleans  and NOPD. Metairie attorneys Michael Futrell and Cy Lowe are  representing Pygmalion and their insurer, Scottsdale Insurance Co. Local attorney Thomas Schwab is representing the Bards.<\/p>\n<p>Gretna  attorney James Shields Sr. filed the original petition for damages in  June 2005. The suit claims that, &#8220;a series of negligent, reckless  decisions was made&#8221; by the NOPD and Pygmalion officials by trying to get  the float to catch up to the rest of the parade. The suit claims that  the NOPD and Pygmalion were negligent in allowing the float to travel at  excess speeds to try and catch up to the parade and that the accident  is a direct cause of that decision-making.<\/p>\n<p>The Duplantiers claim  were riding on a Mardi Gras float in January 2005 owned by the Krewe of  Pygmalion and contracted to the Bards of Bohemia when the tractor which  was pulling the float experienced a flat tire. After several delays in  repairing the tractor, the float tried to catch up to the parade, which  had already left and, in the process of passing a cleaning crew, struck a  tree&#8217;s overhanging limbs causing the top section of the float to break  and fall on top of Michael Duplantier, causing &#8220;crippling&#8221; injuries to  his spine.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n   google_ad_client = \"pub-2308209459674001\"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = \"728x90_as\"; google_ad_type = \"text_image\"; google_ad_channel =\"\"; google_color_border = \"CCCCCC\"; google_color_bg = \"C2C2C2\"; google_color_link = \"000000\"; google_color_url = \"666666\"; google_color_text = \"333333\";\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Entergy Corp. was originally named as a defendant in  the suit &#8211; the New Orleans electricity provider is charged with clearing  overhanging limbs on Mardi Gras parade routes &#8211; but the plaintiffs  filed motion to dismiss Entergy without prejudice in July 2006.<\/p>\n<p><em>Orleans Parish Case 2005-07739<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mardi Gras Countdown A trial involving an accident and subsequent injuries on a Mardi Gras float has been continued without date after the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) and an unidentified insurance company were added as defendants. Michael and Kim Duplantier are suing the Krewe of Pygmalion, Paidia Club Inc. 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