CALAIS v. PETROLEUM HELICOPTERS, INC.

No. 5415.

330 So.2d 408 (1976)

Clayton Paul CALAIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PETROLEUM HELICOPTERS, INC. and American International Home Assurance Company, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

April 14, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwards, Stefanski & Barousse, by Jean Pierre Lendais, Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellant.

Schumacher, McGlinchey, Stafford & Mintz, by Carl J. Schumacher, Jr., Frederick B. Alexius, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

Before HOOD, GUIDRY and PETERS, JJ.


HOOD, Judge.

This is a workmen's compensation suit instituted by Clayton Paul Calais against Petroleum Helicopters, Inc. (referred to as "PHI"), and its insurer, American International Home Assurance Company. Judgment was rendered by the trial court in favor of defendants. Plaintiff appealed.

The principal issue presented, and we think the determining one, is whether an accident occurred in the course of plaintiff's employment which caused plaintiff to sustain...

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