THOMAS v. W & W CLARKLIFT, INC.

No. CA-0685.

444 So.2d 1300 (1984)

John THOMAS v. W & W CLARKLIFT, INC. and Reliance Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 22, 1984.

Writ Denied April 13, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold B. Carter, Jr., Diane K. Zink, Montgomery, Barnett, Brown & Read, New Orleans, for third party plaintiffs.

Daniel J. Caruso, Michael R. Daigle, Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn, New Orleans, for third party defendants.

Before REDMANN, C.J., and GULOTTA and AUGUSTINE, JJ.


REDMANN, Chief Judge.

W & W Clarklift, Inc. completely overhauled a used forklift truck and sold it to Dennis Sheen Transfer, Inc. Three weeks later Sheen employee John Thomas was seriously injured when the forklift's 6,000-pound counterweight fell upon him as that forklift was raised a few inches by another. Thomas sued Clarklift, who third-partied the John Leckerts, Sr. and Jr., the principal executive officers of...

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