Legal Opinion
Melancon v. Lorde
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 28, 1983No. 83-CA-323PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHEHARDY, Judge.
Plaintiff, O’Neil Melancon, appeals from a judgment dismissing his suit for personal injuries against certain executive officers and their insurer on exceptions of prescription.
Melancon was injured on August 4, 1970 at Texaco corporation’s Garden Island Bay Field in Plaquemines Parish near the mouth of the Mississippi River.
At the time of the accident he was driving a dragline marshbuggy belonging to his employer, Tassin Amphibious Equipment Corp. The buggy had been rented by Pipelines, Inc., which in turn had contracted with Texaco to install and enlarge a gas line system at…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Trahan v. Liberty Mutual Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
- Majesty v. Comet-Mercury-Ford Co. of Lorain, Mich.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1974
- Yarbrough v. Louisiana Cement Co., Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1979
- Melancon v. Tassin Amphibious Equipment Corp.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1983
- Gibson v. Exxon Corp.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1978
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Crockett v. Avondale Shipyards, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1989
- Stelly v. Patterson Services, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1989