WILLIAMS v. GERVAIS F. FAVROT CO., INC.

No. 89-CA-1929.

573 So.2d 533 (1991)

Susan Leonard WILLIAMS, et al., v. GERVAIS F. FAVROT CO., INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied March 8, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Verderame, Giraud, Cusimano & Verderame, New Orleans, for plaintiffs/appellants.

René A. Curry, Jr., Curry & Blankenship, New Orleans, for defendants/appellees, Gervais F. Favrot Co., Inc. and Fidelity and Guar. Ins. Co.

Kevin O'Bryon, Leake & Andersson, New Orleans, for defendants/appellees, H & W Steel Erectors, Inc. and Travelers Ins. Co.

Bernard S. Dolbear, Law Offices of James J. Morse, New Orleans, for intervenor/appellant, Travelers Ins. Co.

Before SCHOTT, C.J., and BARRY and BECKER, JJ.


BARRY, Judge.

Mrs. Susan Williams appeals the dismissal of her lawsuit which was based on the intentional tort exception to the Louisiana Worker's Compensation Act.

On October 14, 1984 plaintiff's husband, Leon (Skipper) Williams, was employed as a steel worker by H & W Steel Erectors [H & W]. Gervais F. Favrot Co., Inc. [Favrot], a general contractor, hired H & W to perform steel work for construction of a building on Poydras St. owned by Westminster...

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