Legal Opinion
Hughes v. New Orleans Public Service, Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided March 12, 1986No. CA-4177PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Judge.
This appeal by defendant New Orleans Public Service, Inc., questions only the quantum of damages awarded to plaintiff Karen Hughes for property damages to her automobile and for mental suffering she sustained when a NOPSI transformer exploded and dropped burning debris on Hughes’ 1978 Datsun 280Z. The automobile was unoccupied at the time of the explosion. NOPSI admitted liability, and the only issues at a bench trial in First City Court were the cost of repairing Hughes’ automobile and the value of her consequential inconvenience. The Trial Judge awarded Hughes $567.00 for the…
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