Legal Opinion
Blake v. City of Port Allen
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 20, 2014No. 2014 CA 0528PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrain, J.
|PThe defendant appeals a judgment awarding damages in a suit arising out of a plumbing leak that developed inside the plaintiffs residence after the defendant’s employees replaced a water meter at the property. We affirm.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On February 8, 2011, at about 2:30 p.m., Ronnie Blake came home from work and found employees of the City of Port Allen working near his driveway. The City was replacing the water meter at Blake’s residence as part of an ongoing project to replace outdated water meters. Blake had lived in the house for over twenty years and had never had any…
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