LEGER v. TOWNSEND

No. 3698.

257 So.2d 761 (1972)

Lester J. LEGER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James TOWNSEND and Willis Wolf, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 1, 1972.

Writ Refused April 6, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. D. Atkins, Jr., Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellant.

Provosty & Sadler by William H. de Launay, Jr., Stafford, Pitts & Bolen by John L. Pitts, Alexandria, for defendants-appellees.

Before FRUGE, SAVOY and HOOD, JJ.


FRUGE, Judge.

This is a suit in tort for injuries sustained as a result of contact with an open flame. Plaintiff, Lester J. Leger, sued James Townsend and Willis Wolf, the first being an executive officer and stockholder of Townsend Brothers Construction Company, the company which employed plaintiff as a common laborer, and the second the general superintendent of Amerada Hess Corporation, the borrowing employer of the plaintiff when he was injured. The trial judge...

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