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WALKER v. BABCOCK INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 90 CA 0125.

582 So.2d 258 (1991)

John A. WALKER v. BABCOCK INDUSTRIES, INC. and Lowery Brothers of Louisiana, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

May 16, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis J. St. Martin and Estelle E. Mahoney, Houma, for plaintiffs and appellants, John A. and Mary E. Walker.

Louis Simon, II, Lafayette, for intervenor and appellant, McDermott Inc.

Christopher H. Riviere, Thibodaux, for defendant and appellee, Babcock Industries, Inc.

Before SAVOIE, CRAIN and FOIL, JJ.

CRAIN, Judge.

While employed as a rigger by McDermott Inc., John A. Walker was injured in the course and scope of his employment. Mr. Walker was operating a crane and was attempting to move a steel plate (which weighed approximately 7,200 pounds) from one area of the yard to another with the crane. The steel plate was attached to the boom of the crane by a chain sling. The chain sling was comprised of two chains which were permanently affixed together at one end which...

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