[StBernard] Parade Info Louisiana Civil Codes

[Westley Annis]

Point of Info for the complainers on this board that have bashed the riders
of floats that have un-intentionally hit someone with beads etc.
  
The below Civil Code applies to protect parading organizations and it's
riders statewide:
 
 
Louisiana Civil Code Ancillaries (LA R.S.2796.1)
 
 
§2796.1.  Limitation of liability for loss connected with St.  Patrick's Day
parades or any ethnic parade 
Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no person shall have a cause
of action against any organization which presents St.  Patrick's Day parades
or other street parades connected with any ethnic celebration, or against
any nonprofit organization chartered under the laws of this state, or any
member thereof, which sponsors fairs or festivals that present parades, for
any loss or damage caused by any member thereof or related to the parades
presented by such organization, unless said loss or damage was caused by the
deliberate and wanton act or gross negligence of the organization.  The
provisions of this Section shall not be intended to limit the liability of a
compensated employee of such organization for his individual acts of
negligence.  
Acts 1991, No. 30, §1.  
 
 
 
§2796.  Limitation of liability for loss connected with Mardi Gras parades
and festivities; fair and festival parades
A.  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no person shall have a
cause of action against any krewe or organization, any group traditionally
referred to as Courir de Mardi Gras, or any member thereof, which presents
Mardi Gras parades, including traditional rural Mardi Gras parades,
processions, or runs in which participants ride on horseback, march, walk,
or ride on horse-drawn or motordrawn floats, or wheeled beds, or other
parades, whether held on a public or private street or waterway, or in a
building or other structure, or any combination thereof, connected with
pre-Lenten festivities or the Holiday in Dixie Parade, or against any
nonprofit organization chartered under the laws of this state, or any member
thereof, which sponsors fairs or festivals that present parades or courirs,
for any loss or damage caused by any member thereof, during or in
conjunction with or related to the parades or courirs presented by such
krewe or organization, unless said loss or damage was caused by the
deliberate and wanton act or gross negligence of the krewe or organization,
or any member thereof as the case may be, or unless said member was
operating a motor vehicle within the parade or festival and was a
compensated employee of the krewe, organization, or courir.  The provisions
of this Section shall not be intended to limit the liability of a
compensated employee of such krewe or organization for his individual acts
of negligence.
B.  Any person who is attending or participating in one of the organized
parades of floats or persons listed in Subsection A of this Section, when
the parade begins and ends between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 12:00 midnight
of the same day, assumes the risk of being struck by any missile whatsoever
which has been traditionally thrown, tossed, or hurled by members of the
krewe or organization in such parades held prior to the effective date of
this Section.  The items shall include but are not limited to beads, cups,
coconuts, and doubloons unless said loss or damage was caused by the
deliberate and wanton act or gross negligence of said krewe or organization.
Added by Acts 1979, No. 361, §1; Acts 1987, No. 392, §1; Acts 1988, No. 877,
§1; Acts 1997, No. 397, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; Acts 1999, No. 1264, §1; Acts
2001, No. 504, §1.
 
 
Jill Dolese