LEWIS v. BELLOW

No. 2385.

212 So.2d 540 (1968)

Willie LEWIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Fred BELLOW et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

July 2, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tate & Tate, by Donald Tate, Mamou, for plaintiff-appellant.

Donald Soileau, Mamou, for defendant-appellee, Fred Bellow.

Lewis & Lewis, by Seth Lewis, Jr., Opelousas, for defendant-appellee, Louisiana Pulpwood.

Clarence LeDay, in pro. per.

Davidson, Meaux, Onebane & Donohoe, by J. J. Davidson, III, Lafayette, for defendant-appellee, Lubert Andrepont & Alpine Mud Service, Inc.

Voorhies, Labbe, Fontenot, Leonard & McGlasson, by J. Winston Fontenot, Lafayette, for defendant-appellee, Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. and Kingsville Timber Co., Inc.

Guillory, Guillory & Guillory, by Robert K. Guillory, Eunice, for Lubert Andrepont, defendant appellee.

Before TATE, HOOD and CULPEPPER, Judges.


TATE, Judge.

The plaintiff Lewis was injured when he fell from a ladder while cutting a limb off a tree. He sues numerous parties for workmen's compensation benefits or, alternatively, for tort damages. He now concedes that the evidence at the trial excludes liability of all defendants except (a) Fred Bellow, (b) Clarence Ledet (LeDay), and (c) G. L. Malone (the latter chiefly only because of an alleged failure to comply with a discovery motion). The plaintiff appeals...

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