MAYER v. VALENTINE SUGARS, INC.

No. 83-C-1388.

444 So.2d 618 (1984)

Bruce E. MAYER v. VALENTINE SUGARS, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied February 15, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wood Brown, III, Montgomery, Barnett, Brown & Read, Brad G. Theard, Hebert & Abbott, New Orleans, for applicant.

Ernest Lee Caulfield, Joel P. Loeffelholz, New Orleans, for respondent.

John L. Dorsey, New Orleans, for amicus curiae.


DENNIS, Justice.

By this suit an employee attempts to allege a cause of action in intentional tort against his employer. The trial court sustained the employer's exception of no cause of action because of the conclusory manner in which he alleged the element of intent: the employee merely alleged that the employer's officers knew to a substantial certainty that their acts in violation of safety regulations would cause an explosion which injured the plaintiff. In order...

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