DOUCET v. W. H. C., INC.

No. 2353.

212 So.2d 267 (1968)

Joseph Norman DOUCET, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. W. H. C., INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 18, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacque B. Pucheu, Eunice, for plaintiff-appellant.

Davidson, Meaux, Onebane & Donohoe, by Robert L. Cabes, Lafayette, Holt & Woodley, by Edmund E. Woodley, Lake Charles, for defendants-appellees.

Before SAVOY, HOOD and LEAR, JJ.


SAVOY, Judge.

Joseph Norman Doucet, a roustabout in the employ of Ashy Construction Company, Inc., brought this action in tort against W. H. C., Inc., Donald "Don" Hebert, Tidewater Oil Company (hereinafter referred to as Tidewater), and four individual employees of Tidewater, to recover damages incurred when a gas line owned by Tidewater blew out with tremendous pressure resulting in Doucet's left arm being torn off below the elbow. At the time of the accident plaintiff...

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