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ASTREDO v. LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT CO.

No. 92-CA-396.

612 So.2d 283 (1992)

Calvin A. ASTREDO v. LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

December 29, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry E. Forst, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Eugene G. Taggart, Robert E. Rougelot, Nora F. McAlister, Monroe & Lemann, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Before BOWES, GAUDIN and DUFRESNE, JJ.

GAUDIN, Judge.

Both plaintiff Calvin A. Astredo and defendant Louisiana Power & Light Company have appealed from a district court judgment finding Astredo 662/3 per cent at fault and LP & L 331/3 per cent responsible for injuries sustained by Astredo when an electric extension cord he was using to pull dead branches from a tree touched an uninsulated power line.

LP & L contends (1) that it breached no duty of care, (2) that Astredo was 100 per...

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