COOPER v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

No. 96-CA-0243.

680 So.2d 1259 (1996)

Darlene COOPER, Individually and on behalf of Her Minor Child, Courtney Lorraine Cooper, v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, Orleans Parish School Board, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied December 6, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest Lee Caulfield, Maurice A. Williams, New Orleans, for plaintiffs/appellees.

Clare Jupiter, Roslyn G. Taylor, Bryan & Jupiter, New Orleans, for defendant/appellant.

Before BYRNES, CIACCIO and LOBRANO, JJ.


LOBRANO, Judge.

This appeal arises from a judgment in favor of plaintiff, Darlene Cooper, individually and as tutrix of her minor daughter, Courtney Cooper, and against defendant, the Orleans Parish School Board, in the amount of $2,929,777.39 for injuries sustained by Courtney Cooper.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY:

On December 18, 1991, Courtney Cooper, a six year old student at Medare Nelson Elementary School, was playing on a multi-event...

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