Moffitt v. Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans

PAUL A. BONIN, Judge.

| ¡¡Richard Moffitt was injured when the motorcycle he was riding at night struck an unmarked street repair site. Mr. Mof-fitt sued the New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board (NOS & WB), which had done subsurface repairs and backfilled the site with dirt and gravel while awaiting completion of the repair with new cement. After a bench trial, the trial court found the NOS & WB solely liable and awarded Mr. Moffitt general and special damages totaling $320,165.55. The NOS & WB sus-pensively appealed, arguing that the trial court erred in finding it liable, in not finding Mr.…