CARTER v. HIGHLANDS INS. CO.

No. CA 1008.

442 So.2d 823 (1983)

Melvin CARTER v. HIGHLANDS INSURANCE COMPANY and Brown and Root, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

December 9, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Badeaux, Discon, Cumberland & Shearman, J. Michael Cumberland, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Christovich & Kearney, Thomas C. Cowan, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Before BYRNES, REDMANN and KLEES, JJ.


BYRNES, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the trial court dismissing appellant, Melvin Carter's, workers compensation suit against Brown & Root Inc. and its compensation insuror, Highlands Insurance Co. We affirm.

On August 27, 1981 Melvin Carter injured his leg while working for Brown & Root Inc. The injury occurred when Carter's leg was caught between rolling pipes, resulting in a laceration and soft tissue injury to his left leg. It is...

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