Leake v. Prudhomme Truck Tank Service, Inc.

McCALEB, Chief Justice.

The defendant, Prudhomme Truck Tank Service, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as Prudhomme), is in the business of delivering bulk gasoline and other related products. Defendant Robert Paul Bertinot is an employee of Prudhomme and a driver of one of its tank trucks used in making deliveries.

*1075The plaintiff, James R. Leake, is the owner of a plant in the Town of St. Francisville where he engaged in the bulk sale and distribution of gasoline, kerosene, diesel fuel and other products. An insurance policy issued by the Hanover Insurance Company, a co-plaintiff, insured him…