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LYLE v. NATIONAL SURETY CORPORATION

No. 4793.

304 So.2d 743 (1974)

William E. LYLE, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. NATIONAL SURETY CORPORATION et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Dissenting Opinion December 18, 1974.

Rehearing Denied January 9, 1975.

Writ Refused March 7, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Plauche, Smith & Hebert by A. Lane Plauche, Lake Charles, for defendants-appellants.

Dodd, Hirsch, Barker, Avant & Wall by James D. Thomas, II, Baton Rouge, Jules E. Guglielmo, Jr., and E. C. Hamilton, Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellee.

McHale & Bufkin by Louis D. Bufkin, Raggio, Farrar, Cappel & Chozen by Frederick L. Cappel, Scofield, Bertstedt & Gerard by John B. Scofield, Lake Charles, Holt, Wagner & Lee by Richard E. Lee, Pineville, for defendants-appellees.

Before HOOD, CULPEPPER and WATSON, JJ.

CULPEPPER, Judge.

This is an "executive officer" suit. The plaintiff, William E. Lyle, was an ironworker employed by Hoover Construction Company, the steel erection subcontractor on the Lake Charles Civic Center job. While attempting to bolt up a jack truss, Lyle fell about 55 feet to the ground and received serious personal injuries. In this tort action plaintiff names as defendants: (1) George W. King, project manager for the general contractors, Southern Builders...

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