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NETTLES v. BOWLIN

No. 14582.

417 So.2d 1192 (1982)

Barry L. NETTLES v. Earl E. BOWLIN, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

On Rehearing June 29, 1982.

Rehearing Denied August 24, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Degravelles, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant Barry L. Nettles.

Laurel B. Clauer, Baton Rouge, for defendant, intervenor and third party defendant-appellee.

Claude F. Reynaud, Jr., Baton Rouge, for defendant and third party defendant-appellee South Central Bell Telephone Co.

Arthur H. Andrews, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee Dr. Richard M. Hill.

W. Luther Wilson, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee Earl E. Bowlin, Gordon E. Minor and Fred Eubanks.

Before COVINGTON, COLE and WATKINS, JJ.

COVINGTON, Judge.

This suit seeks to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by Barry L. Nettles on August 15, 1977, when a wooden utility pole which he had climbed, as an employee (apprentice lineman) of Gulf States Utilities Company, broke due to a rotten condition at its base, causing him and the pole to fall to the ground. As a result of the fall, Nettles sustained a severe injury for which he had to undergo numerous surgical procedures; and ultimately...

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