DAVIS v. SEWERAGE AND WATER BD.

No. 89-CA-0388.

555 So.2d 664 (1989)

Raymond DAVIS, Jerry Lewis, Maurice Hall and Anthony Alexander v. SEWERAGE AND WATER BOARD OF NEW ORLEANS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied March 30, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick G. Kehoe, Jr., Birdsall, Rodriguez, Robelot, New Orleans, for plaintiff/appellee.

Harold D. Marchand, Sewerage and Water Bd. of New Orleans, New Orleans.

Before BARRY, BYRNES and PLOTKIN, JJ.


BARRY, Judge.

The only issue is the amount of personal injury damages awarded against the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans.

On January 27, 1987 at about 7:00 p.m. a car driven by Anthony Alexander and occupied by Maurice Hall, Raymond Davis and Jerry Lewis went into a three feet by eight feet hole in the 1300 block of Mandeville Street. The Board had dug the hole in order to repair a sewer line, but the backfill had eroded.

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