ESCO v. SMITH

No. 84-C-1930.

468 So.2d 1169 (1985)

Lester Arcard ESCO v. Henry SMITH, Fremin Smith, William Bass, Randy Dixon, State of Louisiana Through the Department of Highways, Universal Iron Works, Inc., D & G Rentals and Sales, Inc., Lubie Guidry D/B/A Houma Shipbuilders, Inc., Houma Shipbuilders, Inc., Louisiana Power and Light Company, et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 14, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julian R. Murray, Jr., Murray, Murray, Braden & Gonzales, Michael Ellis, New Orleans, for plaintiff-applicant.

J. Wayne Anderson, Monroe & Lemann, New Orleans, John King, La. Dept. of Highways, Robert Jones, Doran & Kivett, Baton Rouge, Wood Brown, III., Montgomery, Barnett, Brown & Read, Ronald A. Johnson, Michael L. McAlpine, Johnson & McAlpine, New Orleans, for defendant-respondent.


CALOGERO, Justice.

Plaintiff Lester Arcard Esco, a carpenter, suffered personal injuries by electrocution when a cherry picker1 operated by his foreman struck an overhead live electrical transmission line. He sued, among others, four supervisory employees of the company for which he worked, or at least co-employees assertedly insureds under a liability policy issued to his employer Fremin-Smith Services, Inc. by defendant United States...

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