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MECHE v. GULF STATES UTILITIES CO.

No. 82-C-1899.

436 So.2d 538 (1983)

Mrs. Mary Jane C. MECHE, Individually, as Natural TUTRIX OF and for the Use and Benefit of Her Three Minor Children, Alton Joseph MECHE, Pamela Ann Meche and Mary Rhodnoda Meche, James A. Meche, Tina Meche Midkiff and Patricia Meche Naquin v. GULF STATES UTILITIES COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied September 1, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe J. Tritico, C. Jerre Lloyd, Lake Charles, for applicant.

Fred S. Sievert, Jr., Robert S. Dampf, Stockwell, Sievert, Viccellio, Clements & Shaddock, Lake Charles, for respondent.

LEMMON, Justice.

The principal issue in this case is whether Gulf States Utilities acted unreasonably in extending an uninsulated high voltage line through the interior of a mobile home park at a height of 23 feet and is consequently liable for the injuries and death which resulted from contact with that line.

I.

On February 15, 1980, at about 5:00 p.m., Leroy Meche, along with other members of his family, visited at his daughter's mobile home, which...

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