sole proximate cause of Mr. Moore’s death was his own intoxication, not the casino’s provision of alcohol. See La.Rev.Stat. § 9:2800.1(A) (stating that “consumption of intoxicating beverages ... is the proximate cause of any injury, including death ..., inflicted by an intoxicated person upon himself’). “This complete failure of proof on an essential element of plaintiffs’ case ‘necessarily renders all other facts immaterial.’” Mayo, 898 F.2d at 49 (quoting Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 323, 106 S.Ct. 2548, 91 L.Ed.2d 265 (1986)). The judgment is AFFIRMED. * Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir R. 47.5.4. 1 . Cf. Berg, 786 So.2d at 714 (<HOLDING>). 2 . We also need not address whether a vendor
recognizing that  928001b creates an exception to  928001a for serving alcohol to minors holding that fraud creates an exception to the rule recognizing exception recognizing such an exception recognizing that fedrcivp 32a creates an exception to the hearsay rule