DEVILLE v. CALCASIEU GRAVITY, ETC.

No. 82-264.

422 So.2d 631 (1982)

Jesse DEVILLE, et ux., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CALCASIEU PARISH GRAVITY DRAINAGE DISTRICT # 5, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

November 12, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McHale, Bufkin & Dees, Louis D. Bufkin, Lake Charles, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Jeansonne, Gibbens, Blackwell & Briney, Charlie Foret, Lafayette, Charles E. Broussard, Sulphur, for defendants-appellees.

Before FORET, CUTRER and STOKER, JJ.


FORET, Judge.

This suit for damages arose as a result of an incident in July of 1979, wherein Marie Deville, while in the process of sorting through mail which she had only seconds before removed from her mailbox, took a step backward onto a storm drain cover located on a storm drain and immediately fell through the manhole causing her severe physical injuries.

Plaintiff and her husband, Jesse Deville, sued the City of Sulphur, Gravity Drainage District #...

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