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JORDAN v. STEVENS FORESTRY SERVICES, INC.

No. 82-779.

430 So.2d 806 (1983)

Clarence H. JORDAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STEVENS FORESTRY SERVICES, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

April 13, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Trimble, Randow, Percy, Wilson & Foote, J. Michael Percy, Alexandria, for defendant-appellant.

Self & Burkett, Don M. Burkett, Many, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before FORET, CUTRER and DOUCET, JJ.

CUTRER, Judge.

Clarence H. Jordan sued Stevens Forestry Services, Inc., for damages sustained when a controlled burn by Stevens' employees got out of control and burned trees on 120 acres of Jordan's land in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. Jordan sought, and a jury awarded, treble damages under LSA-R.S. 56:1478.1. Stevens does not question the jury's determination of liability and appeals only the treble damages portion of the judgment entered below. We reverse.

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