Legal Opinion
Simmons v. Hope Contractors, Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 10, 1987No. CA 86 1305PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
517 So.2d 333 (1987)
Bennie SIMMONS
v.
HOPE CONTRACTORS, INC., et al.
No. CA 86 1305.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.
November 10, 1987.
Writ Denied January 8, 1988.
Jacque B. Pucheu, Jr., Eunice, Joe Payne Williams, Natchitoches, for Bennie Simmons and Elizabeth Ann Cobb Simmons.
Robert L. Picou, Jr., Houma, for Hope Contractors, Inc. and Reliance Ins. Co.
Michael McGinnis, New Orleans, for Odeco, Inc.
Before LANIER, CRAIN and LeBLANC, JJ.
LeBLANC, Judge.
Plaintiff, Bennie Simmons, injured his back while working on an offshore platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Mr. Simmons, a member of the crew…
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