GALLANT v. TRANSCONTINENTAL DRILLING CO.

No. 17008-CA.

471 So.2d 858 (1985)

Edward Vincent GALLANT, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TRANSCONTINENTAL DRILLING COMPANY, Larry Alesi, Frank Herring, and Aetna Casualty & Surety Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

June 12, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hunter & Jack by Frances Baker, Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellant.

Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway by Benjamin C. King, Jr. and Herschel E. Richard, Nelson and Achee by Roland J. Achee and Scott Denhollem, Shreveport, for defendants-appellees.

Before HALL, MARVIN and NORRIS, JJ.


HALL, Judge.

Plaintiff, Edward Vincent Gallant, Jr., brought suit against his employer, Transcontinental Drilling Company, two co-employees, and their alleged liability insurer for injuries sustained in a drilling rig accident that occurred on December 30, 1982, near Homer, Louisiana. Plaintiff alleged that the drilling rig derrick on which he was working was leaning dangerously at the time of the accident, that the defendants were aware of the dangerous condition...

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