BELL v. JET WHEEL BLAST, DIV. OF ERVIN INDUSTRIES

No. 82-3364.

755 F.2d 1146 (1985)

Sam BELL, Plaintiff-Appellee, North-West Insurance Company, Intervenor-Appellee, v. JET WHEEL BLAST, DIVISION OF ERVIN INDUSTRIES, and North American Manufacturing and Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 25, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, Donald O. Collins, New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellants.

Bendana & Carlton, Orlando G. Bendana, Wayne H. Carlton, Jr., New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Harriet R. Campbell Young, New Orleans, La., for North-West.

Before RUBIN, JOHNSON and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This diversity jurisdiction suit, 28 U.S.C. § 1332, was brought by Sam Bell, appellee, to recover for injuries occasioned while employed at Vulcan Foundry. His injuries resulted when his hand got caught in the chain and sprocket drive of a large shot blast machine used to clean metal casings. The machine was manufactured and installed by appellant, Jet Wheel Blast, Division of Ervin Industries, Inc.

The case was submitted to the jury on separate...

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