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CENTRAL LOUISIANA ELEC. CO. v. COX CONST. CO., INC.

No. 84-526.

471 So.2d 1117 (1985)

CENTRAL LOUISIANA ELECTRIC COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COX CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellee, State of Louisiana, Department of Transportation and Development, Third Party Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 26, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Talley, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

Gold, Simon, Weems, Bruser, Sharp, Sues & Rundell, Christine Frank, Alexandria, for defendant-appellee.

Provosty, Sadler and Delaunay, Ricky L. Sooter, Alexandria, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GUIDRY, KNOLL and KING, JJ.

GUIDRY, Judge.

Central Louisiana Electric Company (CLECO) filed suit for damages sustained when a tree was felled onto a high voltage transmission line owned by it. The tree was felled by a bulldozer operator while on a jobsite near Louisiana Highway 1 and Interstate 49 in Rapides Parish.

Plaintiff, CLECO, in its original petition, named Cox Construction Company, Inc. (Cox) as defendant. CLECO alleged that the bulldozer operator was an employee of Cox and...

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