NERO v. IDECO

No. 3560.

255 So.2d 128 (1971)

Hilbert P. NERO and Louie Carriere Nero, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. IDECO and Southern Natural Gas Company, et al., Defendants-Appellees, J. I. ROBERTS DRILLING COMPANY and the Travelers Insurance Company, Third-Party Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 27, 1971.

Writ Refused December 7, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald E. Dauterive and J. Minos Simon, Lafayette, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Landry, Watkins, Cousin & Bonin by Alfred S. Landry, New Iberia, Voorhies, Labbe, Fontenot, Leonard & McGlasson by Mark Bienvenu, Lafayette, for defendants-appellees.

Before HOOD, MILLER and DOMENGEAUX, JJ.


DOMENGEAUX, Judge.

Hilbert P. Nero and Loule [Loudie] Carriere Nero, plaintiffs-appellants, filed suit in tort for the alleged wrongful death of their minor unemancipated son, Kermit Paul Nero, who died as the result of the collapse of an oilfield workover drilling rig on May 30, 1966. Young Nero, at the time of the accident, was employed by J. I. Roberts Drilling Company as a rough neck, and was engaged in this occupation when the accident occurred.

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