Legal Opinion
Bellsouth Telecommunications, Inc. v. Johnson Brothers Corporation of Louisiana
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 1, 1997No. 96-30062PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiff-Appellee filed suit against Defendants-Appellants to recover for damage to two buried telephone cables which occurred during excavations conducted pursuant to a contract with the State of Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. The district court granted summary judgment on the question of liability and subsequently did not permit submission of the question of comparative fault to the jury. Following a jury trial on the question of damages, a monetary judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff. Defendants appealed,
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