Legal Opinion
Berry v. Gulf Coast Construction Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 1, 1969No. 3671PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REGAN, Judge.
The plaintiff, William R. Berry, filed this suit against the defendants, Gulf Coast Construction Company and its liability insurer, Westchester Fire Insurance Company, endeavoring to recover the sum of $150,000.00 representing damages for personal injuries incurred when a loose sheet of corrugated steel roof decking was blown by high winds from the roof of the Folger Coffee Company’s warehouse and struck him on the head. The plaintiff asserts that the cause of his injuries was the negligence of the principal defendant’s employees in failing to properly secure on the roof of the…
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