Pierson v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.

ELLIS, Judge.

Max Pierson is a partner in the partnership known as Pierson Brothers Contracting. He was injured on June 15, 1962 while performing work in Livingston Parish for Jim Walter Corporation, hereinafter designated as Jim Walter, and this suit for workmen’s compensation benefits followed on May 31, 1963. Made defendants in plaintiff’s original petition were The Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, hereinafter designated as Aetna, as the workmen’s compensation insurer of Max Pierson and Luden V. Pierson d/b/a Pierson Brothers Contracting, his employer; Jim Walter, also as his employer;…