Legal Opinion
Wheeler v. New Orleans Public Service Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided January 17, 1991No. 90-CA-0698PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Judge.
Patrick Wheeler appeals a $10,000 jury award in his personal injury suit against New Orleans Public Service, Inc. (NOPSI). We affirm the judgment of the lower court.
Patrick Wheeler, a New York resident, came to New Orleans in May 1986 to attend a bookseller’s convention. While sightseeing in the French Quarter with his friend, Jane Holland, Wheeler allegedly injured his back when he slipped and fell on a rain-slick NOPSI manhole cover installed in a sloping driveway on Burgundy Street. In addition to NOPSI, Wheeler named the City and Randy Powell and Joseph Parrino, the owners of…
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