MCI COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC. v. HAGAN

No. 2011-CQ-1039.

74 So.3d 1148 (2011)

MCI COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC. v. Wayne HAGAN and James Joubert.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 25, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phelps Dunbar, LLP, Baton Rouge, Allen D. Darden , Karen Janise Blakemore , Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson, P.C., James John Proszek (Pro Hac Vice), For Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Pelleteri & Weidorn, LLC, Alexander Richard Saunders , Raymond A. Palleteri, Jr. , The Rowe Law Firm, LLC, Baton Rouge , Derek Michael Tanner , William C. Rowe, Jr. , For Defendants-Appellees.


GUIDRY, Justice.

We accepted the certified question presented to this court by the United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, in MCI Communications Services, Inc. v. Hagan, 641 F.3d 112 (5th Cir.2011).1 The question is this: "Is the proposed jury instruction in this case, which states that `[a] Defendant may be held liable for an inadvertent trespass resulting from an intentional act,' a correct...

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