KENT v. GULF STATES UTILITIES CO.

No. 80-C-2453.

418 So.2d 493 (1982)

Milton KENT, Jr., As Curator of the Estate of his Interdicted Son, Keith Kent v. GULF STATES UTILITIES COMPANY and the State of Louisiana Through the Department of Highways.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied September 3, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles R. Moore, Edward J. Walters, Jr., and Keith B. Nordyke, of Moore & Walters, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-applicant.

Frank W. Middleton, Jr., and W. Luther Wilson, of Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, William J. Doran, Jr., Robert J. Jones, Marshall W. Wroten, and Philip K. Jones, of Doran & Kivett, Baton Rouge, for defendants-respondents.


LEMMON, Justice.

This case of personal injury by contact with electrical lines involves an analysis of the respective duties and conduct of the electric utility company, of the executive officers of the construction company which was building a road that crossed under the electric lines, of the executive officers of the State Department of Highways, and of the electrocution victim who was a construction worker on the project.

The accident occurred when Keith...

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