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SAM v. DEVILLE GIN, INC.

No. 606.

143 So.2d 838 (1962)

Wilson SAM, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. DEVILLE GIN, INC., et al., Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Concurring Opinion July 10, 1962.

Rehearing Denied September 12, 1962.

Certiorari Denied October 18, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Voorhies, Labbe, Voorhies, Fontenot & Leonard, by H. Lee Leonard, Lafayette, for defendants-appellants.

Guillory, Guillory & Guillory, by Robert K. Guillory, Eunice, for plaintiff-appellee.

Lewis & Lewis, by John M. Shaw, Opelousas, for defendant-appellee.

Before TATE, HOOD and CULPEPPER, JJ.

CULPEPPER, Judge.

Plaintiff alleges that while standing near the cotton press and baling machine of defendant gin company's gin, the cotton press broke open and threw a piece of steel into his right eye. Plaintiff seeks recovery in tort against Deville Gin, Inc. and its liability insurer, United States Casualty Company and, alternatively, seeks recovery against Deville Gin, Inc. alone under the workmen's compensation statute. Through its own attorney, Deville Gin...

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