PUTMAN v. GULF STATES UTILITIES

No. CA 90 1248.

588 So.2d 1223 (1991)

Eddie PUTMAN v. GULF STATES UTILITIES and Lastor Distributing Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

October 18, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andre Broussard, and Ben L. Guelfo, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant Eddie Putman.

Luther Wilson, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee Gulf States Utilities Co.

Thomas A. Lane, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee George Hamilton, Baton Rouge Truck Center, Inc.

Thomas M. Richard, Metairie, for intervenor-appellee State Farm Fire & Cas. Co.

Gary Bezet, Baton Rouge, and William E. Willard, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee Lastor Distributing Co.

Thomas Kirkpatrick, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee Insurance Co. of North America.

Before SHORTESS, LANIER and CRAIN, JJ.


LANIER, Judge.

This is a suit for damages in tort alleging that the plaintiff was injured when the aluminum handle of a mop he was using came in contact with an overhead electrical power line. The alleged manufacturer1 of the mop, Bob Lastor d/b/a Lastor Distributing Company (Lastor), and his alleged insurer2, State Farm Fire & Casualty Company (State Farm), filed motions for summary judgment asserting...

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