CAIN v. WITCO CHEMICAL CORP.

No. 10861.

341 So.2d 1220 (1976)

Jennings C. CAIN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WITCO CHEMICAL CORPORATION et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 14, 1977.

Writs Refused March 31, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Olive Pierson, Sheldon D. Beychock, Baton Rouge, of counsel for plaintiff-appellee, Jennings C. Cain.

Ronald L. Ronzello, Louis M. Kiefer, Jr., New Orleans, of counsel for intervenor-appellant, Employers Mutual of Wausau Ins. Co.

Charles W. Franklin, Arthur H. Andrews, Baton Rouge, of counsel for defendants-appellants, Employers Mutual of Wausau Ins. Co., J. H. Hayes, J. D. Autrey and J. Rogers.

William L. Wilson, Frank Middleton, III, Baton Rouge, of counsel for defendants-appellants, Travelers Ins. Co., Witco Chem. Corp., J. H. Waples, Ray Bellanger, M. B. Carbo, M. B. Ulmer, R. Haydel, P. Johnson, and Robert Bauer, Jr.

Before SARTAIN, CHIASSON and EDWARDS, JJ.


SARTAIN, Judge.

This personal injury suit concerns an incident on December 21, 1971, in which Jennings C. Cain, a truck driver for Younger Brothers, Inc., sustained severe acid burns while on the premises of Witco Chemical Corporation in Gretna, Louisiana.

On that day, Cain was delivering a load of sulfuric acid, or oleum, to Witco and, upon arriving, found that the dock where such products were unloaded was already being used by another Younger Brothers truck...

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