TALLUTO v. PATCHEN

No. 9903.

370 So.2d 618 (1979)

Russell James TALLUTO v. Leo PATCHEN, Paul Donahue, and Robert Ballard.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearings Denied May 17, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Plotkin, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, Robert E. Kerrigan, Jr., Philip D. Lorio, III, New Orleans, for defendants-appellants Leo Patchen, Robert Ballard and Transportation Insurance Co.

Sessions, Fishman, Rosenson, Snellings & Boisfontaine, James Ryan, III, New Orleans, for defendant-intervenor-appellant Transportation Insurance Co. as the Workmen's Compensation Insurer of Martin Marietta Corp.

Before REDMANN, LEMMON and GARRISON, JJ.


GARRISON, Judge.

Russell Talluto, plaintiff in this matter, injured his wrist on March 5, 1976 when he and a co-worker attempted to lift and move a heavy table pursuant to instructions from their supervisor. Plaintiff filed an action in tort against certain "executive officers" of his employer, Martin Marietta Corporation, and against their liability insurer.1 He sued alternatively to receive workmen's compensation benefits.

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