Driscoll v. City of New Orleans

GARRISON, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court in favor of the plaintiff, Phillip Driscoll, awarding damages in the amount of $7,249.00 for injuries sustained by him on September 21, 1977 due to a trip and fall on a city sidewalk. From that judgment, which we affirm, the defendant City of New Orleans appeals.

On appeal, the defendant raises a social utility argument by certain material attached to the back of its brief in appendix form. The material so presented, however, is not contained in the record below and is not properly before this court. Defendant argues that…