Smithhart v. AAA Contracting Co.

SARTAIN, Judge.

The accident giving rise to this litigation occurred at approximately 1:30 p. m. on July 17, 1963. The plaintiff was employed as a journeyman electrician by American Electrical Company, Inc., a subcontractor of Crawford & Russell, Inc., who had undertaken to construct a synthetic rubber unit for the U. S. Rubber Company at its plant site at Geismar, Ascension Parish, Louisiana. Floyd C. Carbar, an employee of Crawford & Russell, was operating a 22-B model Bucyrus Erie crane when the boom collapsed, falling on plaintiff and seriously injuring him. The crane was rented from AAA…