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holding that “[i]f a person undertakes a task which he had no duty to perform, he must perform the task in a reasonable and prudent manner”
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No. 93-C-0239.
July 1, 1993.
In re Crane, Darrell; Crane, Beverly Simeon; Stewart, Jeramy; — Plaintiff(s); applying for writ of certiorari and/or review; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. CA91 1627; Parish of East Baton Rouge, 19th Judicial District Court, Div. "A", No. 339,123.
The application is granted in part, and the case is remanded to the court of appeal to reconsider the reduction of plaintiff's recovery in the light of Gauthier v. O'Brien, (La. 1993). Otherwise, the application is denied.
DENNIS, J., dissents for the reasons he assigned in Gauthier v. O'Brien.
WATSON, J., not on panel.