CLAY v. SOUTHERN SCRAP MATERIAL CO.

No. 12828.

412 So.2d 1389 (1982)

Mary Helen CLAY Wife of Joseph Clay, Sr., Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Their Deceased Son Tyrone Domonick Clark v. SOUTHERN SCRAP MATERIAL CO., and its Executive Officers, Stanley Diefenthal, Jim Diefenthal, Ned Diefenthal, Bill Buckner and Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Co.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

April 8, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel E. Becnel, Jr., Reserve, for plaintiff-appellant.

Jack C. Benjamin, Kierr, Gainsburgh, Benjamin, Fallon & Lewis, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Before REDMANN, BYRNES and GARRISON, JJ.


BYRNES, Judge.

Plaintiff's deceased son, a nineteen (19) year old unmarried male, died approximately five (5) hours after sustaining a crushing injury occasioned while he was working for Southern Scrap Material Company, Ltd., in their Florida Avenue yard. The accident occurred when young Clay was riding atop a gondola car used by Southern Scrap to haul scrap metal. The car was filled with metal and Clay was perched atop the side of the car with his legs dangling inside...

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