SUAREZ v. AMERICAN PECCO CORP.

No. 92-C-1442.

608 So.2d 294 (1992)

Lacy SUAREZ v. AMERICAN PECCO CORPORATION, Broadmoor Corporation, Metropolitan Erection Co., Inc., Boh Bros. Construction Co., Inc., and Prattini Electric Company, Inc., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 16, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henri Wolbrette, III, Arthur H. Leith, Margaret Woolverton Triebes, and Lawrence J. Centola, Jr., New Orleans, for relators.

J. Robert Ates, Darryl M. Phillips, New Orleans, for respondent.

Before CIACCIO, WARD and ARMSTRONG, JJ.


CIACCIO, Judge.

We granted certiorari in this case following the trial court's denial of defendants' motion for summary judgment. The issue presented is whether, as a matter of law, a lightning strike falls within the meaning of "intentional act" set forth in LSA-R.S. 23:1032 so as to allow plaintiff to escape the ambit of the worker's compensation statute.

Plaintiff's suit stems from an injury that occurred on May 8, 1988 while plaintiff was in the course...

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