TASSIN v. LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY

No. 48489.

201 So.2d 275 (1967)

250 La. 1016

Alton J. TASSIN v. LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

June 30, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monroe & Lemann, Melvin I. Schwartzman, Andrew P. Carter, Eugene G. Taggart, W. Malcolm Stevenson, New Orleans, for appellant-applicant.

Harold J. Brouillette, Marksville, for plaintiff-respondent.


HAWTHORNE, Justice.

This is a tort action in which Alton J. Tassin seeks to recover damages for eye injuries from flashburns allegedly caused by flashes which occurred when a cable or electrical service line under the control of the defendant Louisiana Power and Light Company broke and fell. The district court awarded plaintiff damages of $4600.00, and the Court of Appeal affirmed. See 191 So.2d 338

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