Fisherman Sues Walmart for Using Photo of His Shrimp Boat
According to a report by WWL-TV New Orleans, George Barisich, a third-generation commercial fisherman in Louisiana, has filed a lawsuit against the world’s biggest retailer over a photograph that hangs in its Walmart store in Meraux in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana.
In this Walmart Neighborhood Market store, there is a photograph hanging of a Saint Bernard Parish shrimp boat known as “FJG” docked on Bayou La Loutre, a river that spans 40 miles in Louisiana.
Louisiana-based shrimper Barisich, whose father built the FJG 69 years ago...
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