SISK v. L. W. EATON CO.

No. 4235.

89 So.2d 425 (1956)

Samuel E. SISK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. L. W. EATON CO., Inc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 24, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dodd, Hirsch & Barker, John S. Covington, Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Baton Rouge, for intervenor.

Taylor, Porter, Brooks, Fuller & Phillips, Baton Rouge, for appellee.


TATE, Judge.

The District Court sustained an exception of no cause of action to this tort suit on the ground that plaintiff's immediate employer was a subcontractor of defendant L. W. Eaton Co., Inc., and that plaintiff's sole remedy therefore was for workmen's compensation. Eaton's liability insurer is a codefendant.

Plaintiff Sisk and a co-employee, Tidwell (plaintiff in a companion suit, Tidwell v. L. W. Eaton Co., La.App., 89 So.2d 424...

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