GIFFORD v. AURAND MANUFACTURING COMPANY

No. 2815.

207 So.2d 160 (1968)

Edith J. GIFFORD and Robert L. Gifford, Jr. v. AURAND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Russell Simoneaux, d/b/a West Side Electric Service, the William F. Surgi Equipment Corporation, General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corp., Ltd., Zurich Insurance Company, and Argonaut-Southwest Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearings Denied March 4, 1968.

Writs Refused April 19, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kierr & Gainsburgh, Eldon E. Fallon, New Orleans, for Edith J. Gifford and Robert L. Gifford, Jr., plaintiffs-appellees.

Adams & Reese, Thomas J. Wyllie, New Orleans, for Argonaut-Southwest Insurance Co., defendant-appellant.

Schoemann, Gones & Ducote, Monte J. Ducote, New Orleans, for Aurand Manufacturing Co. and General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corp., Ltd., third-party plaintiffs-appellants.

Coe, Nowalsky & Lambert, John D. Lambert, Jr., New Orleans, for Russell Simoneaux, d/b/a West Side Electric Service, defendant-appellant.

Lloyd C. Melancon, of counsel: Mc-Loughlin, Barranger, West, Provosty & Melancon, New Orleans, for Chevron Oil Co., the California Co. Division, defendant-appellee.

Before YARRUT, CHASEZ and JANVIER, JJ.


CHASEZ, Judge.

The principal demand of this suit is a claim for negligence seeking relief in tort for wrongful death and other injuries sustained by the widow, Edith J. Gifford, and Robert L. Gifford, Jr., the minor son of an offshore oil-rig worker who was electrocuted while using a rust scraping tool.

In her suit the plaintiff has sued Aurand Manufacturing Company and its insurer, General Accident Fire and Life...

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