McELROY v. VEST

No. 8439.

407 So.2d 25 (1981)

Larry McELROY, Plaintiff & Appellee, v. James C. VEST, et al., Defendants & Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 4, 1982.

Writ Denied February 19, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Voorhies & Labbe, W. Gerald Gaudet, Lafayette, Edwards, Stefanski & Barousse, Russell K. Zaunbrecher, Crowley, for defendants-appellants.

Simon & Dauterive, J. Minos Simon, Lafayette, Guillory, McGee & Mayeux, Donald L. Mayeux, Eunice, for plaintiff-appellee.

Welton P. Mouton, Jr., Lafayette, for intervenor-appellee.

Provost, Ernest & Schwing, James W. Schwing, Armentor & Wattigny, Gerard B. Wattigny, New Iberia, Davidson, Meaux, Sonnier & Roy, V. Farley Sonnier, Lafayette, for defendant-appellee.

Before CULPEPPER, CUTRER and LABORDE, JJ.


CULPEPPER, Judge.

This is an executive officer negligence action arising out of events that occurred prior to the enactment of Act 147 of 1976 amending LSA-R.S. 23:1032, which now precludes such action. Plaintiff, employed as a welder by Gulf Marine Fabricators, Inc., hereinafter Gulf Marine, sustained a serious and disabling injury to his back when he fell through a hole in the steel floor of a production platform in Gulf Marine's storage yard. Alleging the accident...

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