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ROBERTS v. SEWERAGE AND WATER BD.

No. 92-C-2048.

634 So.2d 341 (1994)

Joe J. ROBERTS v. SEWERAGE AND WATER BOARD OF NEW ORLEANS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 21, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank B. Hayne, III, New Orleans, for applicant.

Jacob Taranto, III, Metairie, John D. Lambert, Jr., New Orleans, for respondent.

Elmer G. Gibbons, III, Brett J. Prendergast, William D. Aaron, Jr., Bruce E. Naccari, New Orleans, for amicus curiae.

DENNIS, Justice.*

The issue in this case is whether the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans (SWB) is immune from liability in tort to a police officer (Roberts) employed by the City of New Orleans (City) who was injured when his patrol car hit an open sewer manhole while he was in the course and scope of his police-related duties. The trial court sustained the SWB's exception of no cause of action on the basis that the SWB is not a...

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