WISINGER v. CASTEN

No. 20728-CA.

550 So.2d 685 (1989)

Dan WISINGER, d/b/a D.W. Electric Company, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Chris CASTEN, d/b/a Casten's Restaurant, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

August 23, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Love, Rigby, Dehan, Love & McDaniel by Joe B. Cordill, Jr., Shreveport, for defendant-appellant.

John W. Evans, Jr., Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before MARVIN, FRED W. JONES, Jr., and HIGHTOWER, JJ.


MARVIN, Judge.

In this action brought on an open account, Casten, the defendant-restaurant owner, appeals a judgment in favor of an electrician who performed work at the restaurant after a fire in the kitchen.

Casten complains that the trial court should not have admitted evidence of the amounts paid him by his fire insurer and seeks to reverse or reduce the judgment and the award of attorney fees under LRS 9:2781.

We reduce the judgment and delete...

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