ADAMS v. CONTINENTAL CAN CO., INC.

No. 8485.

352 So.2d 375 (1977)

Isaac ADAMS v. CONTINENTAL CAN COMPANY, INC. and Kemper Insurance Companies.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

November 10, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hammett, Leake, Hammett, Hulse & Nelson, Craig R. Nelson, New Orleans, for defendants-third-party plaintiffs and defendants-appellees.

Thomas M. Young and Emile L. Turner, New Orleans, for third-party plaintiff and defendant-appellant.

Before STOULIG, SCHOTT and BEER, JJ.


SCHOTT, Judge.

Plaintiff, while unloading a truck owned by the Hertz Corporation (Hertz) and leased to Continental Can Company, Inc. (Continental), was injured when the wheel of a forklift truck he was operating inside the trailer went down into a hole in the floor causing him to fall.

He brought suit against Continental and its liability insurer, American Motorists Insurance Company (American). They in turn filed a third-party demand seeking indemnity or...

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