SULLIVAN v. REX DRILLING COMPANY, INC.

No. 12599.

312 So.2d 668 (1975)

Audie Jean SULLIVAN, Guardian, and Norma Jean Populis, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. REX DRILLING COMPANY, INC., and the Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 3, 1975.

Writ Refused September 8, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holloway, Baker, Culpepper & Brunson by Bobby L. Culpepper, Jonesboro, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Blanchard, Baker, O'Quin & Roberts by Wilton H. Williams, Jr., and Jerald L. Perlman, Shreveport, for defendants-appellees.

Before BOLIN, PRICE and DENNIS, JJ.


En Banc. Rehearing Denied June 3, 1975.

BOLIN, Judge.

While employed as a roughneck by Rex Drilling Company, Inc. William L. Masters was killed during the course and scope of his employment. The present suit was instituted on behalf of his children seeking damages for his wrongful death, alleging the negligent acts of officers of the drilling company were the proximate cause of the accident which resulted in the death of Masters. Made defendants were Rex Drilling...

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