EARL WILLIAMS CONST. CO. v. THORNTON & BROOKS, INC.

No. 18366-CA.

501 So.2d 1037 (1987)

EARL WILLIAMS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., et al., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THORNTON & BROOKS, INC. et al., Defendants-Appellees-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 19, 1987.

Writ Denied April 20, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nelson, Hammons & Johnson by Walter D. White, Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellant, Earl Williams Const. Co., Inc.

Mayer, Smith & Roberts by Vicki C. Warner, Shreveport, for defendant-appellee-appellant, Employers Ins. of Wausau.

Jack R. Gamble, Jr., Mansfield, for defendant-appellee-appellant, Thornton & Brooks, Inc.

Before JASPER E. JONES, FRED W. JONES, Jr. and NORRIS, JJ.


FRED W. JONES, Jr., Judge.

A dozer owned by Earl Williams Construction Company, Inc. ("Williams"), being transported for a fee by Thornton and Brooks ("T & B"), was extensively damaged when the transporting truck went under an overpass. The dozer struck the overpass and was knocked from the truck trailer.

Although the ensuing litigation involved numerous parties and corresponding pleadings, we refer only to those parties and pleadings pertinent to this...

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