CAPITOL MFG. CO. v. BROOKS

Nos. 99-267, 99-268.

745 So.2d 825 (1999)

CAPITOL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, etc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees/Appellants, v. Timothy C. BROOKS, Defendant-Appellee. Timothy C. Brooks, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Capitol Manufacturing Company, etc., et al., Defandant-Appellee/Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Denied February 4, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher Leonard Zaunbreche, for Capitol Mfg. Co., etc., et al.

Paul J. Cox, Lake Charles, for Timothy C. Brooks.

Mark Louis Riley, Lafayette, for Grey Wolf Drilling Co.

BEFORE COOKS, SAUNDERS and DECUIR, Judges.


COOKS, Judge.

On January 3, 1997, Timothy Brooks was employed by Capitol Manufacturing Company as an operator of a machine that threads couplings made from a two-inch steel pipe. According to Brooks, on that date his machine ran out of hydraulic fluid. To refill the machine with fluid, the operator must climb a ladder to reach the top of the machine and the hydraulic fluid reservoir. Brooks stated, while filling the reservoir...

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