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WOOD v. SPILLERS

Nos. 37,087-CA, 37,088-CA.

843 So.2d 555 (2003)

Albert P. WOOD, Jr. and Lucy Wood, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Lamar SPILLERS, et al, Defendants-Appellants. Albert P. Wood, Jr. and Lucy Wood, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Centurytel, Inc., et al, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 8, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Boles Law Firm, by Michael L. DuBos, P. Herman Wessels, for Defendants-Appellants, CenturyTel, Inc. and American Motorists Ins. Co.

Johnson, Stiltner & Rahman, by Patricia J. Delpit, for Intervenor-Appellee, La. Workers' Compensation Corp.

Dollar Laird, by Johnny E. Dollar, for Plaintiffs-Appellees, Albert P. Wood, Jr. and Lucy Wood.

Nelson, Zentner, Sartor & Snellings, by David H. Nelson, for Defendants-Appellees, Lamar Spillers and Steve Sowers.

Before STEWART, PEATROSS and DREW, JJ.

STEWART, J.

CenturyTel of Northwest Louisiana, Inc., ("CenturyTel"), the defendant herein, appeals a jury verdict awarding damages to the plaintiff, Albert P. Wood, Jr., for injuries he sustained when a telephone cable dropped onto the vehicle he was driving. In two assignments of error, CenturyTel asserts that the jury verdict should be reversed because the evidence does not support a finding that it was negligent, and in the alternative, that an award for future...

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