ERNEST v. PETROLEUM SERVICE CORP.

No. 2002 CA 2482.

868 So.2d 96 (2003)

Derrin ERNEST v. PETROLEUM SERVICE CORPORATION and Carbis, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Denied February 20, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Yigal Bander, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellant Derrin Ernest.

Charles S. McCowan, Jr., L. Victor Gregoire, Baton Rouge, Appeal Counsel for ExxonMobil Corporation Defendant/Appellee.

John A. Jeansonne, Jr., Bradford H. Felder, Donovan J. O'Pry, Lafayette, Appeal Counsel for Carbis, Inc.

Before: WHIPPLE, KUHN, and MCDONALD, JJ.


MCDONALD, J.

The plaintiff, Derrin Ernest, an employee of Petroleum Service Corporation (PSC), was slightly injured on January 26, 2000 when a panel gave way in the loading platform he was working on at the Exxon Chemical facility in Baton Rouge. The platform was owned and maintained by the defendant, ExxonMobil Corporation (ExxonMobil), and manufactured by another defendant, Carbis, Inc. (Carbis). On March 23, 2000, a panel...

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