SMITH v. SHELL OIL CO.

Nos. 89-CA-1835, 89-CA-2242.

564 So.2d 712 (1990)

Ray S. SMITH v. SHELL OIL COMPANY, ABC Insurance Company, Louisiana Power and Light, Inc. and XYZ Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

June 14, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Borrello, Huber & Dubuclet, Kathleen W. Will, Metairie, for intervenor-appellant.

Holoway, McQuaig, Solomon & Dyer, Russell A. Solomon, Metairie, for plaintiff-appellant Ray Smith.

Dysart, Sanborn & Tabary, Paul Tabary, III, Chalmette, for plaintiff-appellant Anthony Papania.

Eavelyn T. Brooks, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee Highlines Const. Co.

René A. Pastorek, Gretna, for defendant-appellee Northside Elec. Co., Inc.

Kenneth V. Faherty, Hulse, Nelson & Wanek, and Ronald Plaisance, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee Lucien T. Vivien.

Henri Wolbrette, III, Arthur H. Leith, McGlinchey, Stafford & Mintz, Cellini & Lang, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee Carl E. Woodward, Inc.

Monroe & Lemann, George F. Riess, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee Louisiana Power & Light Co.

Before BYRNES, CIACCIO and WILLIAMS, JJ.


BYRNES, Judge.

In this consolidated action for damages resulting from the electrocution of the plaintiffs, Ray Smith and Anthony Papania, an appeal is lodged which seeks to set aside two summary judgments which dismissed the general contractor, three sub-contractors and the alleged supplier of electricity to the work site where the plaintiffs were injured. We affirm the judgments of the district court.

The facts as revealed by the record are as follows:

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