Soileau v. South Central Bell Telephone Co.

I respectfully dissent from the majority holding for the following reasons.

At the conclusion of the trial the jury returned a verdict in answer to Special Interrogatories finding the defendant proximately negligent and the plaintiff free of contributory negligence and further awarding the sum of $65,000 in damages. The jury verdict provided:

“JURY VERDICT

1. Was the defendant, SOUTH CENTRAL BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY guilty of negligence which was a proximate cause of the injuries to GENE SOI-LEAU?

*652YES 2 NO 10

If your answer to the above was “YES”, then answer the following question; if your answer…