POCHE v. AVONDALE SHIPYARDS, INC.

No. 7222 (Consolidated with No. 7450).

329 So.2d 211 (1976)

Curtis POCHE, Jr., and Velma Poche v. AVONDALE SHIPYARDS, INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 13, 1976.

Writ Granted May 11, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kronlage, Dittmann & Caswell, Charles A. Kronlage, Jr., New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Hammett, Leake, Hammett, Hayne & Hulse, Dominic J. Gianna, Donald A. Hammett, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, Stewart E. Niles, Jr., for Avondale Shipyards, Inc., intervenor-appellee.

Montgomery, Barnett, Brown & Read, Wood Brown, III, New Orleans, for Employers Mut. Liability Ins. Co. of Wisconsin, amicus curiae.

Before SAMUEL, STOULIG and BOUTALL, JJ.


STOULIG, Judge.

Plaintiffs,1 the widow and children of Curtis Poche, Sr., filed this third party negligence action against Avondale Shipyards, Inc., Poche's employer, and its executive officers,2 for the wrongful death of their husband and father, respectively. Poche fell from a scaffold while working on new ship construction during the course and scope of his employment...

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