WILLIAMS v. LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT CO.

Nos. 91-CA-376, 91-CA-377.

590 So.2d 786 (1991)

Brenetta Green WILLIAMS, Individually and as Natural Tutrix of the Minor Ronald Dumas, Jr., et al. v. LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, et al. Tabby Dash WILLIAMS, et al. v. LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

November 13, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmond R. Eberle, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Eugene G. Taggert, W. Glenn Burns, Andrew P. Carter, Robert E. Rougelot, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

Andrew A. Lemeshewsky, Jr., New Orleans, for intervenor-appellant.

Before BOWES and DUFRESNE, JJ., and FINK, J., Pro Tem.


DUFRESNE, Judge.

This is an appeal from two jury verdicts, in consolidated cases, exonerating an electric power company from fault in an accident in which plaintiffs suffered severe injuries when an aluminum ladder being used by them came into contact with a bare eight-thousand volt power line. Because we find no manifest error in the determinations of the jury, we affirm.

The general background and circumstances of the incident are not seriously disputed...

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