JOHNSON v. BUCYRUS-ERIE CO.

No. 84-658.

476 So.2d 1074 (1985)

Hershal G. JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BUCYRUS-ERIE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant, and Scott Truck and Tractor Company of Louisiana, Inc., Defendant, Aetna Life and Casualty Company, Intervenor-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

October 10, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeansonne, Briney & Goudelocke, John A. Jeansonne, Jr., Lafayette, for defendant-appellant.

J. Eddie Knoll, Marksville, C. John Caskey of Due, Dodson, de Gravelles, Robinson & Caskey, Baton Rouge, for plaintiffappellee.

Trimble, Percy, Smith, Wilson, Foote, Walker & Honeycutt, James Trimble, Jr., Alexandria, for defendant-appellee.

Gold, Simon, Weems, Bruser, Sharp, Sues & Rundell, Robert C. Nida, Alexandria, for intervenor-appellee.

Before DOMENGEAUX, FORET and YELVERTON, JJ.


DOMENGEAUX, Judge.

This appeal arises from a products liability suit wherein the trial court taxed costs against the Bucyrus-Erie Company, the party who prevailed on the merits. Bucyrus-Erie Company has appealed on the issue of costs only. The appellees herein are the plaintiff, Hershal Johnson, and the intervenor, Aetna Life and Casualty Company.

Hershal Johnson originally filed suit against the Bucyrus-Erie Company and Scott Truck and Tractor Company of...

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