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BURNHAM v. FREY-SHOEMAKER-COLBERT-BRODNAX

No. 15864-CA.

445 So.2d 477 (1984)

George Nolan BURNHAM, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FREY-SHOEMAKER-COLBERT-BRODNAX, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 23, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund M. Thomas, Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellant.

Mayer, Smith & Roberts by Caldwell Roberts, Shreveport, for defendant-appellee Frey-Shoemaker-Colbert-Brodnax.

Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway by Charles G. Tutt, Shreveport, for defendant-appellee Gang Nail Truss Co. of Shreveport, Inc.

Lunn, Ipion, Switzer, Johnson & Salley by Jack E. Carlisle, Jr., Shreveport, for defendants-appellees Zion Church Builders and Designers, Inc., Imperial Casualty Co. of Omaha, and the National Ben Franklin Ins. Co.

Rountree & Hicks by S. Maurice Hicks, Jr., Shreveport, for intervenor-appellee Commercial Union Ins. Co.

Before PRICE, SEXTON and NORRIS, JJ.

SEXTON, Judge.

Plaintiff sued defendants in tort for injuries incurred when the trusses plaintiff was helping erect collapsed. Plaintiff's claims were tried before a jury which found one defendant and its insurer liable and awarded plaintiff a judgment in the amount of $60,000. In plaintiff's appeal, we amend to increase the award, and as amended, affirm.

Plaintiff in this cause is George Burnham, Jr., who was 18 years of age at the time of the injury which...

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