Legal Opinion
Parker v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 31, 1977No. 7293PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEMMON, Judge.
In this tort action plaintiff, who was injured when he fell through a hole in a scaffold while working on a building construction site for B. E. King & Sons, Inc., a plastering sub-contractor, sought to recover damages against defendant B & R Masonry Company, Inc., the masonry sub-contractor who owned the scaffold. Plaintiffs suit was dismissed after a trial on the merits on the basis that “plaintiff has failed to prove, by any preponderance of evidence, that any board was removed by any agent or employee of B & R Masonry . . . .” The principal issue on appeal is the sufficiency…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Canter v. Koehring CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
- Jordan v. Travelers Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971
- Boudreaux v. American Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1972
- Smolinski v. TaulliSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
- Hanover Insurance Co. v. Jacobson-Young, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1974
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- Cozza v. Culinary Foods, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 2000
- Richard v. Parish Anesthesia Associates, Ltd.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2012
- Cozza v. Culinary Foods, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 2000
- Parker v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1977