SMITHHART v. AAA CONTRACTING CO.

No. 8696.

260 So.2d 8 (1972)

Ray A. SMITHHART, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AAA CONTRACTING CO., Inc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 17, 1972.

Writ Refused May 18, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon White, and Hamlet D. May, White & May, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert J. Vandaworker, Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee Travelers.

A. G. Seale, Seale, Smith & Phelps, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee Bucyrus-Erie Co.

Charles W. Franklin Franklin, Moore, Beychok & Cooper, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee AAA Contracting Co., Inc.

Wm. A. Porteous, III, and Eugene B. Vickery, Jr., Porteous, Toledano, Hainkel & Johnson, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee Peerless Ins.

Before LOTTINGER, SARTAIN and ELLIS, JJ.


SARTAIN, Judge.

The accident giving rise to this litigation occurred at approximately 1:30 p. m. on July 17, 1963. The plaintiff was employed as a journeyman electrician by American Electrical Company, Inc., a subcontractor of Crawford & Russell, Inc., who had undertaken to construct a synthetic rubber unit for the U. S. Rubber Company at its plant site at Geismar, Ascension Parish, Louisiana. Floyd C. Carbar, an employee of Crawford & Russell, was operating...

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