Lucas v. New Orleans Public Service, Inc.

TAYLOR, Judge.

This is a suit for damages for personal injuries tried before a jury in the lower court. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $5,000.00 and the trial court rendered a judgment in accordance with the verdict. From this adverse judgment, defendant prosecutes an appeal to this court. Plaintiff has answered this appeal and prays that the award be increased.

On July 11, 1965, plaintiff’s son, Jody Tooraen, then fourteen years of age, sustained severe burns and other minor injuries when he came in contact with an uninsulated power line on defendant’s…