CAUDLE v. BETTS

No. 87-C-0445.

512 So.2d 389 (1987)

Ruben H. CAUDLE v. Peter BETTS, et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied October 8, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Kramer, Alexandria, for applicant.

De Witt T. Methvin, Jr., Gist, Methvin, Hughes & Munsterman, Alexandria, for respondent.


DENNIS, Justice.

This personal injury case presents the issues of whether an electrical shock administered to a worker by his employer's chief executive officer as a practical joke constitutes an intentional tort, and if so, whether the employee may recover damages for the unintended and unforeseeable impairment of his occipital nerve which resulted from the intentional tort. The trial court found that an intentional tort had not been committed because no injury was...

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