1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 609 F.2d
  5. 609 F.2d 793 (1980)
 

COMEAUX v. SOUTHERN PAC. TRANSP. CO.

No. 77-2906.

609 F.2d 793 (1980)

Odel COMEAUX, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION CO., Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellant, Elmo Laborde, M. D., Third Party Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 10, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry McCall, Jr., New Orleans, La., for defendant-third party plaintiff-appellant.

H. Martin Hunley, Jr., David S. Kelly, Henry B. Alsobrook, Jr., New Orleans, La., J. Weldon Granger, Bellaire, Tex., Michael D. Cucullu, New Orleans, La., for Laborde.

Before GODBOLD, HILL and POLITZ, Circuit Judges.

JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:

Appellee Odel Comeaux sustained an injury to his left arm when he was forced to jump from a railroad car on which he was working. Comeaux was taken to a hospital and was treated by Dr. Elmo J. Laborde who diagnosed the injury as a fracture of the ulna radial head and a dislocation of the left elbow. The dislocation was reduced and a cast applied to the arm. A few days later surgery was performed to remove bone chips. Sometime in the next...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases