Thomas v. Barnett

HAMLIN, Justice.

Acting under our supervisory jurisdiction (Article VII, Sec. 11, Louisiana Constitution of 1921, LSA), we granted cer-tiorari to the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, in order that we might review its judgment1 affirming a judgment of the trial court rejecting plaintiffs’ demands impersonal and property damages.

Plaintiffs are Ernest Thomas and his employer’s compensation insurer, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. Defendants are Billy G. Barnett, his employer, Murphy T. Dreher (doing business as Dreher Construction Company), and Dreher’s insurer, Globe Indemnity Company.

This…