THOMAS v. W & W CLARKLIFT, INC.

No. 63986.

375 So.2d 375 (1979)

John THOMAS v. W & W CLARKLIFT, INC. and Reliance Insurance Co.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied October 8, 1979.

Concurring Opinion October 12, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Leohn, Harold B. Carter, Jr., Montgomery, Barnett, Brown & Read, New Orleans, for defendants-applicants.

Jack W. Thomson, Coleman, Dutrey, Thomson, Meyer & Jurisich, New Orleans, for defendants-respondents (third party).


CALOGERO, Justice.

Plaintiff, an employee of Dennis Sheen Transfer Company, was injured on his employer's premises when the counterweight of a forklift machine fell on him. The machine, repaired and overhauled by W & W Clarklift, Inc., had been sold as a used forklift by W & W Clarklift to Dennis Sheen Transfer about three weeks before the accident.

Plaintiff sued W & W Clarklift and its insurer, Reliance...

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