HIGHLANDS INS. CO. v. U.S. FIDELITY & GUARANTY CO.

No. 11095.

381 So.2d 1257 (1980)

HIGHLANDS INSURANCE COMPANY v. UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY CO. et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 18, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry Christovich Gay, Christovich & Kearney, New Orleans, for plaintiff.

Wood Brown, III, Montgomery, Barnett, Brown & Read, New Orleans, for U. S. Fidelity & Guaranty Co., First Commerce Real Estate Corp. and The Judlan Corp.

Ronald S. Ruiz, New Orleans, for Monroe Jarrell.

Ronald A. Johnson, Richard A. Cozad, Johnson & McAlpine, New Orleans, for Total Facility Services and Northern Assur. Co.

Before REDMANN, LEMMON and SCHOTT, JJ.


REDMANN, Judge.

We view as determinative of this case that the basic cause of action is a tort claim against the owner of a large office and garage building by a workman injured while working there for an employer who had contracted to daily remove trash from inside the building. (That contract was with a janitorial service company which had contracted with a management company to provide all janitorial services, and the management company had contracted with the...

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