CUEVAS v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

No. 99-CA-2542.

769 So.2d 82 (2000)

Christine Cuevas, Wife of/and Jose R. CUEVAS, Individually and as Administrators of the Estates of Their Minor Children, Jose Cuevas, Jr., Joseph Cuevas and Nicholas Cuevas v. The CITY OF NEW ORLEANS and ABC Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

June 21, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth J. Berke, Berke & Bolner, and Lawrence J. Duplass, Duplass, Zwain & Bourgeois, Metairie, Louisiana, Counsel for Plaintiffs/Appellants.

Mavis Early, City Attorney, Nolan Lambert, Chief Deputy City Attorney, Richard L. Root, Assistant City Attorney, New Orleans, Louisiana, Counsel for Defendant/Appellee.

Court composed of Judge MIRIAM G. WALTZER, Judge MOON LANDRIEU, and Judge DENNIS R. BAGNERIS, Sr.


BAGNERIS, Judge.

This case arises out of a slip-fall accident that involved Jose R. Cuevas on July 16, 1996. Cuevas was employed and working with Fuelman, Inc., on August 16, 1996, when the accident occurred. Cuevas was dispatched to service a Fuel Station located at 2500 Wall Boulevard, in Algiers, Louisiana, which station is owned by the City of New Orleans. Upon arrival, Cuevas testified that he slipped on a hose, diesel fuel, and debris surrounding the terminal...

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