KENNARD v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 9028.

277 So.2d 170 (1972)

Lawrence E. KENNARD, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Dissenting Opinion January 16, 1973.

On Rehearing April 12, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davis A. Gueymard, Hynes & Gueymard, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant.

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

Before SARTAIN, BLANCHE and EVERETT, JJ.


SARTAIN, Judge.

The incident giving rise to this litigation occurred when the plaintiff, Lawrence E. Kennard, Jr., was injured when a cable broke on a crane which he was operating for his employer, Thomas Scrap Materials, Inc., and back-lashed, striking him across the head and face. He alleges that the cable would not have broken if a protective thimble would have been used where the cable is attached to the eye of a large demolition ball and that a protective screen...

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