BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. v. BENNETT MOTOR EXPRESS, L.L.C

No. 13-CA-438.

131 So.3d 236 (2013)

BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. d/b/a AT & T Louisiana v. BENNETT MOTOR EXPRESS, L.L.C.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

December 12, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael B. Alker , Attorney at Law, Mandeville, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellant.

C. David Vasser, Jr. , Attorney at Law, Baton Rouge, Jack Truitt , Attorney at Law, Covington, Counsel for Defendant/Appellee.

Panel composed of Judges SUSAN M. CHEHARDY, JUDE G. GRAVOIS, and ROBERT A. CHAISSON.


GRAVOIS, Judge.

Plaintiff, BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc., d/b/a AT & T Louisiana ("AT & T"), filed a suit for damages against defendant, Bennett Motor Express, LLC ("Bennett"), contending that Bennett was liable for damaging two AT & T overhead fiber optic cables after one of Bennett's vehicles hauling an oversized load pulled down the cables near Edgard, Louisiana.1 Following a one-day bench trial, the trial court ruled...

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