FRAZEE v. GULF STATES UTILITIES CO.

No. CA 85 0737.

498 So.2d 47 (1986)

Richard Dennis FRAZEE v. GULF STATES UTILITIES COMPANY, H.M. Daniels, H.E. Wiese, Inc. & Insurer, California Union Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 10, 1986.

Writ Denied January 30, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph M. Kelton and Rhett Ryland, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant Richard Dennis Frazee.

W. Luther Wilson, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee Gulf States Utilities Co.

Kenneth Barnette, Baton Rouge, for intervenor-appellee Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co.

Before SAVOIE, CRAIN and JOHN S. COVINGTON, JJ.


JOHN S. COVINGTON, Judge.

This is a suit for personal injuries sustained when plaintiff, Richard Frazee, came into contact with high voltage power lines owned by defendant, Gulf States Utilities Company (GSU). From a unanimous jury verdict finding no fault on the part of defendant power company, plaintiff has devolutively appealed.

FACTS

On the day of the accident, December 1, 1978, Frazee was employed as an ironworker by Crane and Steel Erectors...

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