GAGNARD v. ALLSTATE INS. CO.

No. 5502.

335 So.2d 770 (1976)

Wyman J. GAGNARD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 18, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph W. Kennedy, Alexandria, for plaintiff-appellant.

Gold, Hall, Hammill & Little by James D. Davis and Edward E. Rundell, John L. Pitts, Alexandria, Logan & DeLaunay by William E. Logan, Jr., Lafayette, for defendants-appellees.

Before HOOD, WATSON and PETERS, JJ.


PETERS, Judge ad hoc.

This is a personal injury action resulting from the collapse of one wall of an excavation in which plaintiff was working. At the time of the accident, plaintiff was employed as a laborer by the M. P. Dumesnil Construction Co., Inc. As part of a construction job, it was necessary for the Dumesnil Co. to make an excavation about 10 feet square and about 8 feet deep. Louis Melancon, a construction supervisor and a defendant herein, was put in charge...

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