BOSWELL v. JOHN DEERE CO.

Nos. 8343, 8399.

405 So.2d 576 (1981)

James R. BOSWELL, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JOHN DEERE COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

October 7, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ford & Nugent, Howard N. Nugent, Jr., Alexandria, for plaintiff-appellant.

Henry M. Bernstein, Shreveport, for intervenor-appellant.

Hall, Lestage & Lestage, H. O. Lestage, III, DeRidder, William P. Polk, Alexandria, for defendants-appellees.

Before GUIDRY, FORET and SWIFT, JJ.


SWIFT, Judge.

James R. Boswell, Jr., plaintiff, was employed as a truck driver for H. P. Equipment Company, Inc. (H. P. Equipment) in Pineville, Louisiana. On July 19, 1978, Boswell drove an eight-foot wide low boy trailer to Oberlin, Louisiana, to deliver a new Clark grapple skidder. A grapple skidder is a four-wheeled diesel powered vehicle used in timber operations. The machine is approximately 10 feet wide and has a blade in the front and a knuckle boom in the...

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