Legal Opinion
Fortson v. Louisiana Power & Light Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 13, 1987No. 86-596PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
509 So.2d 743 (1987)
Allen FORTSON, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 86-596.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.
May 13, 1987.
Theuse, Girsham, et al., Thomas G. Zentner, Jr., and Ronald L. Davis, Jr., Monroe, for defendant-appellant.
Gaharan and Wilson, Joseph Wilson, Jena, for plaintiff-appellee.
Before GUIDRY and FORET, JJ., and CULPEPPER, J. Pro Tem.[*]
WILLIAM A. CULPEPPER, Judge, Retired, Pro Tem.
The sole issue in this appeal is whether the awards for property damages and general damages were excessive.
Plaintiff, Allen Fortson, Jr.,…
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- Smith v. Town of LogansportLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1981
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3Cited by8 opinions
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