ZITO v. TURNER

Nos. 12885, 12886.

382 So.2d 966 (1980)

Manuel ZITO v. Royal TURNER et al. Manuel ZITO v. Tommy HAYDEL et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

January 21, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Floyd J. Falcon, Jr., James J. Zito, Baton Rouge, of counsel, for plaintiff-appellant, Manuel Zito.

Emile C. Rolfs, III, Baton Rouge, of counsel, for defendants-appellees, David T. McLemone, Affiliated FM Ins. Co. & Tommy Haydel.

John I. Hulse, IV, New Orleans, of counsel, for defendants-appellees, Royal Turner, Lester Haydel, American Manufacturers Mut. Ins. Co. & Tommy Haydel.

Henry D. Salassi, Jr., Baton Rouge, of counsel, for intervenor-appellant, American Manufacturers Mut. Ins. Co.

Before ELLIS, CHIASSON and PONDER, JJ.


PONDER, Judge.

Plaintiff appealed from a judgment denying recovery in a tort suit against executive officers.

The issues are: breach of duty by the executive officers and the contributory negligence of the plaintiff.

We affirm.

Plaintiff while transporting two scaffold boards stood in the back of the truck holding the boards while another man drove the pickup truck. The boards dragged on the ground and plaintiff fell from the truck and suffered...

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