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WRIGHT v. U.S. GYPSUM CO.

No. CA 9286.

538 So.2d 291 (1989)

Alfred Lee WRIGHT, Jr. v. U.S. GYPSUM COMPANY, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 16, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George T. Mustakas, II, Metairie, for plaintiff.

Charlton B. Ogden, II, Charlton B. Ogden, III, Ogden & Ogden, New Orleans, for defendant.

George J. Nalley, Jr., Carmouche, Gray & Hoffman, New Orleans, for intervenor.

Before SCHOTT, C.J., and KLEES and PLOTKIN, JJ.

PLOTKIN, Judge.

This is a pre-comparative negligence case requiring an analysis of the defendant's negligence and plaintiff's contributory negligence.

Plaintiff, Alfred Lee Wright, Jr. (Wright), a painter-sandblaster and the operator in control of an ascending metal cage, came into contact with an elevated electrical distribution line owned, installed and maintained by the defendant New Orleans Public Service, Inc. (NOPSI). The metal cable holding the cage...

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