Gobert v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.

GUIDRY, Judge.

Plaintiff-appellee, Joseph Gobert, was employed as a laborer by J.A. Jones Construction Company, Inc. (hereafter Jones) near Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, on June 2, 1982, when a phosgene gas leak occurred at a plant adjoining the Jones work site. Mr. Gobert and about fifty other workers were caught unaware and exposed to the phosgene.

Aetna Casualty and Surety Company (hereafter Aetna) was the worker’s compensation insurer of Jones and, on its behalf, paid compensation benefits to plaintiff until April 24, 1984. Thereafter, appellee filed suit against Aetna and…