CAVALIER v. CAIN'S HYDROSTATIC TESTING, INC.

No. 93 CA 1214.

637 So.2d 724 (1994)

Dennis CAVALIER and Norma Cavalier v. CAIN'S HYDROSTATIC TESTING, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

May 20, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Nail, Risley C. Triche, Napoleonville, for plaintiffs-appellants Dennis and Norma Cavalier.

Camille A. Morvant, II, Thibodaux, for defendants-appellants Cain's Hydrostatic Testing, Ray Parrish and U.S. Fidelity Co.

William F. Page, Lafayette, for defendant-appellant Ins. Co. of North America.

Owen Joyner, Metairie, for defendant-appellee Transco.

Before LOTTINGER, C.J., and CRAIN and LeBLANC, JJ.


LOTTINGER, Chief Judge.

On September 21, 1989, Dennis Cavalier was injured while conducting hydrostatic testing of pipe at Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Corporation's (Transco) job site in Gibson, Louisiana. Transco had contracted with WHC Contractors (WHC) to fabricate and install pipelines at the Gibson compressor station. WHC, in turn, subcontracted out the hydrostatic testing of the pipe it fabricated to Cain's Hydrostatic Testing, Inc. (Cain's).

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