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BEST v. J & B DRILLING COMPANY

No. 817.

152 So.2d 119 (1963)

Frank BEST, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. J & B DRILLING COMPANY, Inc., et al., Defendants-Appellees, General Insurance Company of America, Intervenor-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 1, 1963.

Certiorari Refused June 14, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacque Pucheu, Euncie, for plaintiff-appellant.

Plauche & Plauche, by A. L. Plauche, Lake Charles, for intervenor-appellant.

Edgar Perkins, DeQuincy, for defendant-appellee.

Cavanaugh, Hickman, Brame & Holt, by Meredith T. Holt, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellee.

Before TATE, SAVOY and CULPEPPER, JJ.

SAVOY, Judge.

Plaintiff filed this action in tort for damages which he sustained resulting from an accident which occurred on a drilling rig owned and operated by J & B Drilling Co., Inc. Made defendants were J & B Drilling Co., Inc. (hereinafter referred to as J & B), and its insurer, Travelers Insurance Company.

After a lengthy trial, the trial court held that plaintiff's sole remedy was under the Workmen's Compensation Act of this State, and...

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