BOATNER v. OUR LADY OF LOURDES MEDICAL CENTER, INC.

No. 91-1241.

609 So.2d 1214 (1992)

Michael Louis BOATNER and Rita Gale Boatner, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. OUR LADY OF LOURDES MEDICAL CENTER, INC. and Sheila Broussard Champagne, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Denied February 11, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred F. Boustany, Lafayette, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Wm. E. Scott, Baton Rouge, for defendants-appellees.

Before LABORDE, THIBODEAUX and SAUNDERS, JJ.


THIBODEAUX, Judge.

This is an appeal from a dismissal of plaintiff's personal injury lawsuit after a hearing on defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment. It presents the issue of whether a co-employee's practical joke which unintentionally causes injury to another co-employee vitiates the exclusivity provisions of the Louisiana Workers' Compensation Act and permits an action in tort.

Both the plaintiff, RITA GALE BOANER, and one of the defendants, SHEILA BROUSSARD...

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