Allgood v. Loeb

On January 19, 1944, plaintiff, Herman Allgood, was working upon a scaffold applying asbestos siding to the premises #5430 Hawthorne Place in the City of New Orleans in compliance with a contract of employment previously entered into between plaintiff and his brother, Myron Allgood, and Julian J. Loeb. While thus employed, he sustained serious personal injuries when a motor truck owned by Loeb and operated by his superintendent, James J. Livingston, backed into the driveway of the premises and struck the ladder supporting the scaffold upon which plaintiff was working, causing him to be thrown…