COCHENNIC v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

No. 98-CA-0464.

722 So.2d 325 (1998)

Michael A. COCHENNIC v. The CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, Through the MOSQUITO CONTROL UNIT OF the HEALTH DEPARTMENT OF the CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 30, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Osborne, Christopher Gobert, Osborne, McComiskey, Gobert & Reasonover, Metairie, Louisiana, Attorneys for Plaintiff/Appellant.

Howard Daigle, Jr., Michael D. Fisse, James L. Bradford, III, Seale Daigle & Ross, Covington, Louisiana, Attorneys for Defendant/Appellee.

Court composed of Judge WILLIAM H. BYRNES, III and Judge JOAN BERNARD ARMSTRONG and Judge JAMES F. McKAY, III.


McKAY, Judge.

This case arises from an incident in which the plaintiff, Michael Cochennic, was inadvertently sprayed with a pesticide by employees of the New Orleans Mosquito Control Board while he was performing work related duties on a levee in Orleans Parish. Plaintiff alleges he suffered physical and psychic injuries as a result of this exposure.

On September 22, 1989, plaintiff filed his petition for damages. Approximately eight years of discovery and...

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