Legal Opinion
Cheatham v. City of New Orleans
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided January 19, 1979No. 9249PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEER, Judge.
This is a wrongful death action by the widow and child of Charles Cheatham. The case against defendants, Daniel J. DeNoux and Stephen Reboul, was tried by jury and resulted in a verdict in favor of plaintiff in her individual capacity in the amount of $529,000 and in her capacity as administra-trix of the estate of her minor son in the amount of $125,000. Simultaneous with the jury trial, the case against the City of New Orleans (hereafter, “City”) was tried by the district judge, who cast the City in judgment for the same amounts.
*148Other defendants were originally sued but,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- LeBrane v. LewisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1974
- Laird v. Travelers Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1972
- Normand v. City of New OrleansLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1978
- Eichorn v. New Orleans & C. R., Light & Power Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1904
- Strawder v. HarrallLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1971
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Stewart v. SchmiederLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1979
- Batiste v. Iberia Parish School Bd.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1981
- Marks v. Pan American World Airways, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Kogos v. PaytonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1988
- Cheatham v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
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