Depp v. Louisiana Power & Light Co.

|2GOTHARD, Judge.

Plaintiff brings this appeal from a jury verdict absolving the defendants from liability and dismissing plaintiffs ease. Plaintiff, Donald Depp, filed this action for damages sustained in a trip and fall on his property in April, 1989. Made defendants in the action were Louisiana Power and Light (LP & L) and Highline Construction Company (High-line).

The facts show that the construction of a swimming pool required the relocation of a utility pole owned by defendant LP & L. The pole was located on plaintiffs property, a vacant lot adjacent to the property on which the swimming…