EWERT v. GEORGIA CAS. & SUR. CO.

No. 87-1417.

548 So.2d 358 (1989)

Joyce Pierce EWERT, et al., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GEORGIA CASUALTY & SURETY CO., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Denied November 17, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kinney & Marshall, Wm. S. Marshall, Jr., New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

Raleigh Newman, Lake Charles, and Jones, Jones & Alexander, J.B. Jones, Cameron, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before FORET, DOUCET, YELVERTON, KNOLL and KING, JJ.


YELVERTON, Judge.

The issues presented by this appeal arise from a tort suit and a judgment for personal injury damages in the amount of $260,000, awarded to a minor against his employer for a work-related accident in a logging operation. The issues are three: whether the trial court erred (1) in awarding tort damages and not confining the minor to a remedy in workers' compensation, (2) in finding that the minor was free of contributory negligence, and (3) in making...

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