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THOMPSON v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC BELT R. R.

No. 9944.

373 So.2d 1312 (1979)

Raymond Alfred THOMPSON v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC BELT RAILROAD and B & G Crane Service Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

July 3, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Garland R. Rolling, Metairie, for plaintiff-appellant.

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, Harry S. Hardin, III, Ewell E. Eagan, Jr. and Gerald F. Slattery, Jr., New Orleans, for defendant-appellant New Orleans Public Belt R. R.

James J. Morse and Frank J. Achary, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees B & G Crane Service, Inc., and Travelers Ins. Co.

Before REDMANN, LEMMON, SCHOTT, BEER and GARRISON, JJ.

GARRISON, Judge.

This is an appeal from a tort action for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff when he was struck in the back by a load of railroad ties being lifted by a crane. Plaintiff sued his employer, New Orleans Public Belt Railroad, Inc., under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq.). Named as additional defendants were B & G Crane Services, Inc. (owner of the crane and employer of the crane operator), and Hill-Behan Lumber...

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