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LOTT v. HALEY

No. 9381.

363 So.2d 1270 (1978)

Leighton LOTT v. T. J. HALEY, M. D. and J. Ray McDermott Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

October 12, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monroe & Lemann, Andrew P. Carter, David E. Walker, Alvin J. Bordelon, Jr., New Orleans, for Leighton Lott, plaintiff-appellant.

G. Bruce Kuehne and John J. Weigel, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, for J. Ray McDermott Co., defendant-appellee.

Robert D. Bjork, Jr., Adams & Reese, New Orleans, for T. J. Haley, M. D., and Aetna Casualty and Surety Co., defendants-appellees.

Before SAMUEL, BOUTALL and SCHOTT, JJ.

BOUTALL, Judge.

Leighton Lott is a deep-sea diver who sues for damages because of his inability to pursue his occupation, allegedly caused by the negligent conduct of his former employer, J. Ray McDermott Co. and its examining physician Dr. T. J. Haley.

The basis of the suit is that he had been examined by Dr. Haley in 1972 at the request of McDermott to determine fitness for employment, and advised, following the examination, that he was fit to continue diving...

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