NOPSI v. LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE R. CO.

No. 94-CA-1625.

652 So.2d 1033 (1995)

NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE INC. v. The LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

March 16, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory J. McDonald, Bienvenu, Foster, Ryan & O'Bannon, New Orleans, for plaintiff/appellant.

L. Havard Scott, III, Brent A. Talbot, Douglas L. Grundmeyer, Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, New Orleans, for defendant/appellee.

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


JONES, Judge.

Plaintiff, New Orleans Public Service, Inc. (NOPSI), appeals the trial court's judgment dismissing its cause of action in negligence and strict liability for damages sustained when its transformer slid off a railcar while in the process of being loaded for transport.

American Machinery Movers, (AMM), an independent contractor, was hired by NOPSI to load a large electrical transformer from a flatbed truck to a railcar owned by defendant, CSX Transportation...

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