NIX v. CITY OF HOUMA

No. 85-C-2347.

488 So.2d 184 (1986)

Eva Agnes NIX et al. v. CITY OF HOUMA et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied June 19, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph W. Greenwald, Shreveport, for applicant.

Donald B. Ensenat, Gerolyn P. Roussel, Camp, Carmouche, Barsh, Gray, Hoffman & Gill, P.L.C., New Orleans, for respondent.


DIXON, Chief Justice.

Eva Agnes Nix and her children filed suit for workmen's compensation death benefits and for damages for wrongful death against the City of Houma, the City of Houma Electric, Water & Gas Utility Company and B.J. Hughes, Inc. after the death of Clifford William Nix, husband and father of the plaintiffs. This suit for workmen's compensation benefits was severed and tried separately.

There was judgment in favor of plaintiffs in the trial...

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