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ALLIEN v. LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY

No. 2084.

202 So.2d 704 (1967)

Mrs. Sandra Lynn ALLIEN, Individually, and as Tutrix of her minor daughter, Robbin Denine Allien, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 11, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theus, Grisham, Davis, Leigh & Brown, by Thomas W. Leigh, Monroe, for defendant-appellant.

McKeithen & Mouser, by Vinson M. Mouser, Columbia, for plaintiff-appellee.

Stafford & Pitts, by Grove Stafford, Jr., Alexandria, for defendants-appellees.

Voorhies, Labbe, Fontenot, Leonard & McGlasson, by J. Winston Fontenot, Lafayette, for intervenor-appellee.

Before TATE, SAVOY and CULPEPPER, JJ.

CULPEPPER, Judge.

This is a suit for damages for the wrongful death of Odis Doyle Allien, Jr. He was electrocuted when a portable drilling rig, being used to rework an oil well, was raised into contact with a 13,800 volt electric line of the defendant, Louisiana Power & Light Company. Plaintiff is the decedent's widow, Mrs. Sandra Lynn Allien, who sues individually and as tutrix of the minor child, Robbin Denine Allien. In the lower court, a jury awarded $85,000...

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