EASTON v. CHEVRON INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 90-CA-1741.

602 So.2d 1032 (1992)

Jeanette EASTON, Individually, v. CHEVRON INDUSTRIES, INC., Grove Manufacturing Company, Inc. and Head & Engquist Equipment, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied October 2, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendell H. Gauthier, C. Scott LaBarre, Gauthier & Murphy, Metairie, for Jeanette Easton.

Michael R.C. Riess, House, Looney, Golden, Kingsmill & Riess, New Orleans, and Joseph W. Looney, Adams and Reese, New Orleans, for Chevron U.S.A., Inc. and Chevron Industries, Inc.

Thomas W. Lewis, Charles A. Boggs, Boggs, Loehn & Rodrigue, New Orleans, for Head & Engquist Equipment Co., Inc. and St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co.

William F. Grace, Jr., Marc G. Shachat, Kenneth J. Servay, Douglas L. Grundmeyer, Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, New Orleans, for Kidde, Inc. (Grove Mfg. Co.) and Nat. Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa.

Before BARRY, WARD and ARMSTRONG, JJ.


WARD, Judge.

Jeannette Easton filed suit for the wrongful death of her husband, Amos Easton, who died on May 23, 1986 in an industrial accident while operating a large mobile crane owned by Chevron Industries, Inc. Easton, an employee of Chevron, was learning to operate the crane under the tutelage of Raymond Constant, his supervisor at Chevron. While Easton was operating the crane it began to turn over, and after he jumped from its cab it fell upon him. His widow...

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