VERRETTE v. TOWN OF PONCHATOULA

No. CA 84 0044.

464 So.2d 392 (1985)

Annie Mae VERRETTE v. TOWN OF PONCHATOULA, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

February 26, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Drew M. Louviere, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellee Anna Verrette.

Iddo Pittman, Jr. of Pittman & Matheny, Hammond, for defendant-appellant Town of Ponchatoula.

Before COLE, CARTER and LANIER, JJ.


COLE, Judge.

The question presented is whether or not an increased risk of accident is attributable to a trash collector's employment when the trash collector is shot, while on his route collecting trash, by the jealous husband of a woman with whom he was conducting an affair. Ultimately, it must be determined if such a shooting constitutes an accident arising out of the trash collector's employment as contemplated by La.R.S. 23:1031.

On June 23, 1982 Michael...

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