CITIZEN v. THEODORE DAIGLE AND BRO., INC.

No. 81-C-0156.

418 So.2d 598 (1982)

George CITIZEN v. THEODORE DAIGLE AND BROTHER, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied September 3, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aubrey E. Denton, Shelton & Legendre, Lafayette, for applicant.

John E. Ortego, Cooper, Sonnier, Ortego, Hebert & Woodruff, Abbeville, Homer Ed Barousse, Jr., Crowley, for respondents.


LEMMON, Justice.

The principal issue in this case is whether plaintiff's coemployee's act of pointing and shooting a gun at plaintiff, as a bit of horseplay during working hours while the coemployee was packaging the gun for shipment, constituted an intentional act within the contemplation of R.S. 23:1032, so that the coemployee is liable in tort for the damages sustained by plaintiff as a result of the shooting.

James Cormier and plaintiff were employed in...

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