Legal Opinion
Despaux v. RSC Equip. Rental Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 25, 2018No. 2017–CA–0765PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge Roland L. Belsome
This lawsuit arises from an accident that occurred on September 22, 2009, when the boom on a Terex AL4000 portable light tower fell and struck the appellee, Kenneth Despaux, on the back of his head at the ConocoPhillips Alliance Refinery in Belle Chase, Louisiana. At the time of the accident, Mr. Despaux was employed by Kellogg, Brown & Root ("KBR") who was the general maintenance contractor at the Conoco refinery. Conoco had leased the light tower from RSC Equipment Rental, Inc. ("RSC"), for the use of Cajun Constructors, Inc. ("Cajun"), another contractor at the…
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