PERKINS v. SCAFFOLDING RENTAL & ERECTION SERVICE

No. 90-CC-0647.

568 So.2d 549 (1990)

George L. PERKINS and Ruth Perkins v. SCAFFOLDING RENTAL and ERECTION SERVICE, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 22, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Lane Plauche, Jeffrey M. Cole, Plauche, Smith & Nieset, Lake Charles, for Conoco Inc. defendant-applicant.

Joe A. Brame, Brame, Bergstedt & Brame, Lake Charles, for Scaffolding Rental & Erection Serv. defendant-applicant.

Robert L. Beck, Jr., Alexandria, for Ruth & George Perkins, plaintiffs-respondents.

Sidney L. Shushan, Guste, Barnett & Shushan, New Orleans, Counsel for Scaffolding Rental and Erection Service Inc., et al., defendants-applicants.

Lee Gallaspy, Baton Rouge, Raggio, Cappel, Chozen & Berniard, Lake Charles, for Globe Indem. Co. Other.


MARCUS, Justice.*

George L. Perkins was employed as a pipe-fitter by J.W. Contractors, Inc. when he alleged he was injured in a fall from scaffolding. Perkins and his wife sued Scaffolding Rental and Erection Service, Inc., Safway Steel Products, a division of Figgie International, Inc. ("Safway"), and Conoco, Inc. alleging that the accident occurred at Conoco's refinery and that his injuries, including a fractured right femur, "were caused...

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