MOSSY MOTORS v. SEWERAGE AND WATER BD.

No. 98-CA-0495.

753 So.2d 269 (1999)

MOSSY MOTORS, INC., Roy J. Mossy, Mary Lou Christovich and Lyons-New Orleans, Inc. v. The SEWERAGE AND WATER BOARD OF the CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, Pepper and Associates, Inc., C.R. Pittman Construction, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied October 29, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miles P. Clements, Kenneth A. Mayeaux, Michael R. Phillips, Frilot, Partridge, Kohnke & Clements, L.C., New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorneys for Plaintiffs/Appellants.

Ira J. Rosenzweig, C. Theodore Alpaugh, T. Gavin Hoppe, Smith Martin, New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorneys for Defendant/Appellant.

Robert I. Siegel, William M. Blackstone, Hoffman, Siegel, Seydel, Bienvenu & Centola (APLC), New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorneys for Defendant/Appellant.

Court composed of Judge ROBERT J. KLEES and Judge MOON LANDRIEU and Judge JAMES F. McKAY, III.


JAMES F. McKAY, III, Judge.

The defendant, Sewerage and Water Board of the City Of New Orleans, appeals a judgment in favor of Mossy Motors Inc., after a bifurcated trial on the merits in April of 1997. According to the law, "[n]o suit against a political subdivision of the state shall be tried by a jury." La. R.S. 13:5105. Therefore, the trial of this matter was bifurcated with the liability of the Sewerage and Water Board determined by the trial judge while the...

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