Vera Louise Castille, Individually, Etc. And Continental Casualty Company v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company

This is an appeal from judgments sustaining the motions of Aetna Casualty and Surety Company and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company for summary judgment. These companies were sued under the Louisiana direct action statute along with two other insurance carriers for damages allegedly arising out of wrongful death. The decisive question is whether the suit was barred by the Louisiana Workmen’s Compensation statute.

Aetna and Liberty Mutual were the insurers of Pan American Petroleum Company and Power Rig Drilling Company, Inc., respectively. Pan American owned the drilling site where the accident…