Lee v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.

KLIEBERT, Judge.

On May 23,1975, James Lee, plaintiff-ap-pellee (hereafter Lee), an employee of Standard Steel of New Orleans, Inc., was injured while on the job when steel fell on his right foot as he was helping Robert Fau-cheaux, Jr., defendant-appellant (hereafter Faucheaux) move it. Lee filed an executive officer’s suit on January 26, 1976, naming as the sole defendant State Farm Fire and Casualty Company (hereafter State Farm), in its alleged capacity as the general liability insurer of the executive officers of Standard Steel of New Orleans, Inc. On February 11, 1976, State Farm filed…