LeBRANE v. LEWIS

No. 53800.

292 So.2d 216 (1974)

Sim LeBRANE, Individually and as the Administrator of his minor child, Charles LeBrane, Plaintiff-Appellant-Applicant, v. James LEWIS et al., Defendants-Appellees-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 25, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary L. Keyser, Dozier & Thompson, Baton Rouge, for plaintiffs-applicants.

A. G. Seale, James H. Morgan, III, Seale, Smith & Phelps, Baton Rouge, for defendants-respondents.


TATE, Justice.

The court of appeal held that the defendant employer was not liable in tort for the act of its supervisor in stabbing a discharged employee who was still on the employment premises. 280 So.2d 572 (La. App. 1st Cir. 1973). We granted certiorari to review the employer's liability, if any, by reason of the doctrine of respondeat superior. 282 So.2d 139

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