Jefferson Davis Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Mike Hooks, Inc.

CULPEPPER, Judge.

In this tort action plaintiff seeks damages sustained as a result of the cutting of its submarine cable installed in the bed of the intra-coastal canal. The cable was cut by defendant while conducting maintenance dredging operations in said canal under a contract with the United States Corps of Engineers. Plaintiff alleges the cable was cut as a result of defendant’s negligence in dredging and cutting below the depth of IS feet, mean low gulf, authorized in said contract. Defendant denies any negligence on its part and alleges that the cutting of the cable was due to the…