Legal Opinion
Maldonado v. Kiewit Louisiana Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 30, 2014No. Nos. 2012 CA 1868, 2012 CA 1869PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHigginbotham, J.
|4Pefendants appeal a judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiffs after an eight-day jury trial in which the jury found a general contractor liable to its statutory employee for an “intentional act.” The jury also found the engineering companies responsible for guy wiring and bridge design liable under a negligence theory. For the reasons assigned, we reverse the jury“verdict in part, amend in part, affirm in part as amended, and render judgment.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
This is a wrongful death case arising out of the collapse of a steel reinforcing bar (rebar) cage built during a 2009…
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