Damages of $65 million are awarded in boating accident

By: TONY MARKS Editor VILLE PLATTE - After a two-day trial, the honorable Judge Marcus L. Fontenot, of the 13th Judicial District Court, awarded two Evangeline Parish families a total of $65 million in damages. The lawsuit was filed in response to a boating accident that claimed the lives of Payton Soileau and Gavin Soileau. In the wrongful death of Payton Soileau, Michael Soileau and Brand…