WHEELER v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE

No. 90-CA-0698.

573 So.2d 1237 (1991)

Patrick WHEELER v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied March 22, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry T. Dart, Metairie, for Patrick Wheeler.

James Maher, III, New Orleans, for New Orleans Public Service Inc.

Before BYRNES, WARD and ARMSTRONG, JJ.


WARD, Judge.

Patrick Wheeler appeals a $10,000 jury award in his personal injury suit against New Orleans Public Service, Inc. (NOPSI). We affirm the judgment of the lower court.

Patrick Wheeler, a New York resident, came to New Orleans in May 1986 to attend a bookseller's convention. While sightseeing in the French Quarter with his friend, Jane Holland, Wheeler allegedly injured his back when he slipped and fell on a rain-slick NOPSI manhole cover installed...

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