LYONS v. PARISH OF JEFFERSON

No. 5-116.

425 So.2d 955 (1983)

Harold LYONS v. PARISH OF JEFFERSON, General Electric Company and XYZ Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 17, 1983.

Writ Denied April 5, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Peter Breslin, Kenner, for plaintiff-appellee.

Gerard M. Dillon, New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

Before SAMUEL, BOUTALL, KLIEBERT, CURRAULT and GRISBAUM, JJ.


GRISBAUM, Judge.

Defendant, Parish of Jefferson, suspensively appeals from a judgment holding it liable to the plaintiff, Harold Lyons, for damages of $25,000 for injuries sustained by Lyons when an electrical panel box located in an office building owned by the Parish exploded burning plaintiff. Defendant contends the trial court erred in finding the Parish had custody of the panel box at the time of the accident and finding that the panel box was inherently unsafe...

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