Astredo v. Louisiana Power & Light Co.

GAUDIN, Judge.

Both plaintiff Calvin A. Astredo and defendant Louisiana Power & Light Company have appealed from a district court judgment finding Astredo 66% per cent at fault and LP & L 3373 per cent responsible for injuries sustained by Astredo when an electric extension cord he was using to pull dead branches from a tree touched an uninsulated power line.

LP & L contends (1) that it breached no duty of care, (2) that Astredo was 100 per cent at fault for the incident, (3) that Astre-do’s landlord-landowner contributed to the accident and (4) that the award to Astredo was excessive.

Astredo…