THORNHILL v. BLACK, SIVALLS & BRYSON, INC.

No. 13240.

385 So.2d 336 (1980)

Ralph T. THORNHILL, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of his Minor Son, Allen Arthur Thornhill v. BLACK, SIVALLS & BRYSON, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 9, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Alva Brumfield, III, Emile Rolfs, III, Baton Rouge, of counsel, for plaintiff-appellant, Ralph T. Thornhill, Individually, etc.

A. Michael Dufilho, Baton Rouge, of counsel, for defendants-appellees, Black, Sivalls & Bryson, Inc., et al.

Ben Louis Day, Baton Rouge, John Barkley Knight, Jr., Winnsboro, of counsel, for intervenors-appellees, U. S. Fidelity & Guaranty, Co., Inc., Clayton Grain Elevator, Inc., Mayes H. Brister, Larry W. Robinson and William E. Moroni.

William B. Ragland, Lake Providence, of counsel, for defendants-appellees, Otis C. Raley & Walter Beebe.

Dermont S. McGlinchey, and J. Michael Johnson, New Orleans, of counsel, for intervenor-appellee, Screw Conveyor Corp.

Before EDWARDS, LEAR and WATKINS, JJ.


LEAR, Judge.

This is an appeal from the granting of a summary judgment in favor of defendant-appellee, Screw Conveyor Corporation, who manufactured and sold an auger type conveyor system which was used in the construction of two silos in a grain storage facility.

Allen Thornhill, then a minor, was directed by his employer, Clayton Grain Elevator, Inc., to enter one of the empty silos in order to sweep the residual soy beans into the conveyor.

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