BERRY v. GULF COAST CONSTRUCTION CO.

No. 3671.

229 So.2d 368 (1969)

William R. BERRY v. GULF COAST CONSTRUCTION COMPANY and Westchester Fire Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 12, 1970.

Writ Refused February 27, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dodd, Hirsch, Barker, Meunier, Boudreaux & Lamy, Wilfred H. Boudreaux, Jr., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Sessions, Fishman, Rosenson, Snellings & Boisfontaine, James C. Murphy, Jr., New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

Montgomery, Barnett, Brown & Read, Wood Brown, III, New Orleans, for intervenor.

Before REGAN, CHASEZ and LeSUEUR, JJ.


REGAN, Judge.

The plaintiff, William R. Berry, filed this suit against the defendants, Gulf Coast Construction Company and its liability insuror, Westchester Fire Insurance Company, endeavoring to recover the sum of $150,000.00 representing damages for personal injuries incurred when a loose sheet of corrugated steel roof decking was blown by high winds from the roof of the Folger Coffee Company's warehouse and struck him on the head. The plaintiff asserts that the...

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