BARNHILL v. LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT CO.

No. 28903-CA.

690 So.2d 890 (1997)

Stella BARNHILL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

February 26, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry H. Hobgood, Monroe, for Defendant-Appellant Louisiana Power & Light Company.

Brian Homza, Shreveport, for Defendant Tharpe & Warren Contractors, Inc.

Stephen Burke, Minden, for Defendants Jack Tharpe, Barbara Tharpe and Jack Tharpe, Jr.

Charles Kammer III, Shreveport, Joseph W. Greenwald, Baton Rouge, for Plaintiff-Appellee Stella Barnhill.

Before HIGHTOWER, WILLIAMS, GASKINS, CARAWAY and PEATROSS, JJ.


WILLIAMS, Judge.

In this action for personal injury damages, a defendant, Louisiana Power & Light Company ("LP & L"), appeals a district court judgment granting the motion for summary judgment filed by the third-party defendant, Tharpe and Warren Contractors, Inc. For the following reasons, we reverse the summary judgment and remand for a trial on the merits.

FACTS

On November 6, 1992, the plaintiff, Stella Barnhill, went to pay her electric...

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