BARDFIELD v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC BELT R.R.

Nos. 9384, 9385.

363 So.2d 1297 (1978)

Sidney L. BARDFIELD v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC BELT RAILROAD et al. Joseph P. BURNS v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC BELT RAILROAD et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearings Denied November 20, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kronlage, Dittmann & Caswell, Albert S. Dittmann, Jr., New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellants Sidney L. Bardfield and Joseph P. Burns.

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, R. Patrick Vance, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee New Orleans Public Belt Railroad.

Normann & Normann, Charles E. Leche, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee American Marine Corporation.

Before SAMUEL, BOUTALL and SCHOTT, JJ.


SCHOTT, Judge.

Plaintiffs, Sidney L. Bardfield and Joseph P. Burns, have appealed from judgments dismissing their suits against New Orleans Public Belt Railroad (Public Belt) and American Marine Corporation (American). Plaintiffs sought damages for personal injuries sustained in separate accidents which occurred on August 22, 1969.

Both plaintiffs were employed as longshoremen scheduled to work at American's facility on the Mississippi Riverfront in New Orleans...

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