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PITRE v. LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY

Nos. 95-C-1466, 95-C-1487.

673 So.2d 585 (1996)

Earl Garland PITRE, Jr., et al. v. LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY, et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied June 28, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Craig Henry, Hudson, Potts & Berstein, Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, for Applicant in No. 95-C-1487.

Mack E. Barham, Robert Elton Arceneaux, Gail N. Wise, Barham & Arceneaux, Gregory P. Massey, Jones, Tete, Nolen, Hanchey, Swift & Spears, for Respondent in No. 95-C-1487.

VICTORY, Justice.

This personal injury case based upon alleged negligence arises out of a sledding accident that occurred on the campus of Louisiana Tech University ("Tech") during a rare winter ice and snow storm. The plaintiff, Earl Garland Pitre, Jr., sustained serious spinal injuries and paralysis when the plastic garbage can lid that he was sledding upon collided with the concrete base of a light pole located in a campus parking lot. We granted writs to examine...

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