ORTEGO v. HOWARD TRUCKING & CONST. CO., INC.

No. 11294.

345 So.2d 1259 (1977)

Stanley ORTEGO and Ruth Ortego v. HOWARD TRUCKING AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

May 9, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chris J. Roy, Gravel, Roy & Burnes, Alexandria, for plaintiff.

Dale P. Martin, Lippman, Hunter & Rawls, Morgan City, for King Trucking, Inc. and Willie Henderson.

Michael T. Pulaski, Provosty & Sadler, Alexandria, for Texaco, Inc.

Robert B. Acomb, Jr., and John C. Combe, Jr., Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, and James A. Hayes, Lafayette, for third party defendant Alexander & Alexander, Inc.

Before ELLIS, CHIASSON and PONDER, JJ.


CHIASSON, Judge.

This is an appeal of a summary judgment dismissing the suit of Stanley and Ruth Ortego, plaintiffs-appellants, against Texaco, Inc., defendant-appellee.

The appellants' son, Michael Ortego, was killed in an industrial accident at the Texaco yard in Morgan City on September 14, 1974. Michael Ortego's death is alleged to have occurred in the course and scope of his employment by Howard Trucking and Construction Company, Inc.

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