HUGHES v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE, INC.

No. CA-4177.

485 So.2d 642 (1986)

Karen HUGHES v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE, INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

March 12, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Kenneth Klein, Slidell, for plaintiff-appellee, Karen Hughes.

James Maher, III, New Orleans Public Service Inc., New Orleans, for defendant-appellant, New Orleans Public Service, Inc.

Before BARRY, WARD and ARMSTRONG, JJ.


WARD, Judge.

This appeal by defendant New Orleans Public Service, Inc., questions only the quantum of damages awarded to plaintiff Karen Hughes for property damages to her automobile and for mental suffering she sustained when a NOPSI transformer exploded and dropped burning debris on Hughes' 1978 Datsun 280Z. The automobile was unoccupied at the time of the explosion. NOPSI admitted liability, and the only issues at a bench trial in First City Court were the cost...

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