REED v. LEWING

No. 14469.

396 So.2d 1360 (1981)

Joseph D. REED, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Frank W. LEWING, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

March 23, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Touchstone & Wilson by David M. Touchstone, Shreveport, for defendant-appellant.

Lunn, Irion, Switzer, Johnson & Salley by Frank M. Walker, Jr., Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before MARVIN, JASPER E. JONES and FRED W. JONES, Jr., JJ.


MARVIN, Judge.

The appeal in this workers' compensation case concerns the legal relationship and resulting liability under the law between a homeowner (Mrs. Lehr), who was constructing a residence, her perhaps agent, contractor, or overseer (Lewing), who was a housebuilder and, for his services, was paid a percentage of the cost of labor and materials used in the construction, and the claimant-carpenter (Reed), an employee of another carpenter (Hammons), who sustained...

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