BROCK v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE, INC.

Nos. CA-0215 to CA-0217.

433 So.2d 1083 (1983)

Lucille Brown BROCK, Individually and as Natural Tutrix for Her Minor Daughter, Arrendia BROCK v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE, INC. Pamela THEARD, For the Use and Benefit of the Minors, Katina Marie THEARD and Shon Antheony Theard v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE, INC. Lucille Brown BROCK, Individually and on Behalf of Her Minor Daughter, Arrendia BROCK v. Preston SMITH and Harwood Koppel.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 26, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C.B. Ogden, II, New Orleans, for New Orleans Public Service, Inc.

Darleen M. Jacobs, New Orleans, for Lucille Brown Brock, et al.

Sidney D. Torres, III, Keith S. Giardina, Chalmette, for Pamela Theard, et al.

Philip C. de Verges, New Orleans, for Preston Smith.

Before WARD and LOBRANO, JJ., and G. WILLIAM SWIFT, Jr., J. Pro Tem.


WARD, Judge.

On June 17, 1979, Melvin Brock, a roofer by trade, was fatally injured while attempting to carry a section of roof guttering up an aluminum ladder to the roof of a two-story building. Apparently, the guttering came in contact with one of two overhead electrical transmission lines owned by New Orleans Public Service, Inc. (NOPSI). A low voltage line carrying 110 volts was located fifty-six inches from the edge of the roof of the house. It had originally...

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