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BURLEY v. LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT CO.

Nos. 56010, 56036.

319 So.2d 334 (1975)

Terry N. BURLEY v. LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT CO. et al. COAL OPERATORS CASUALTY CO. v. LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied October 9, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Cockfield, Cockfield & Gravolet, New Orleans, for plaintiff-applicant in 56010.

W. Malcolm Stevenson, Monroe & Lemann, Allen H. Danielson, Jr., O'Keefe, O'Keefe & Berrigan, New Orleans, for defendant-respondent in 56010.

W. Malcolm Stevenson, Monroe & Lemann, New Orleans, for defendant-applicant in 56036.

James C. Cockfield, Cockfield & Gravolet, Allen H. Danielson, Jr., O'Keefe, O'Keefe & Berrigan, New Orleans, for plaintiff-respondent in 56036.

SUMMERS, Justice.

This tort action was instituted by Terry N. Burley to recover for personal injuries and damages arising out of an industrial accident in which he received a serious electric shock when a metal reinforcing rod he was installing came in contact with an electric power line.

The accident occurred on October 25, 1967 while he was working on the construction of an addition to the Belle Chasse purification plant in Plaquemines Parish. He named Louisiana...

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