BATES v. ROCKWOOD INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 3974.

270 So.2d 135 (1972)

Donald Ray BATES, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. ROCKWOOD INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 20, 1972.

Writ Refused January 30, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holt, Wagner & Lee, by Richard E. Lee, Pineville, for defendant-appellant.

Mitchel M. Evans, DeRidder, and Waldman & Smallwood, Beaumont, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before FRUGE, CULPEPPER and DOMENGEAUX, JJ.


DOMENGEAUX, Judge.

On October 7, 1970, plaintiff was employed by defendant, Tri-Parish Progress, Inc., as a maintenance man at a salary of $75.00 per week. In the course of his duties as such he was engaged in unloading a heavy metal desk from a pickup truck with the assistance to two other men. The desk slipped and plaintiff, who was standing on the ground waiting to receive it, was injured when he made an effort to prevent its falling to the ground.

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