Woodruff v. Producers' Oil Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; T. F. Bell, Judge. Suit by James Woodruff against the Producers’ Oil Company. Plea of exception of no cause of action and plea of prescription overruled, and judgment on the merits in favor of plaintiff, and both parties appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
The plaintiff, employed by the defendant as a helper on a drilling rig on a certain oil well in the parish of Caddo, sustained serious personal injuries in the course of his employment on March 27, 1915.
On December 1, 1915, plaintiff filed suit against the defendant to recover the sum of $20,250, as damages for the said injuries, alleged to have been occasioned by the gross negligence of the defendant in using an improper and defective derrick, in furnishing a worn and defective swivel and in placing in charge of the machinery and engine, an inexperienced man, all of which acts of…
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- Jordan v. LeBlanc & Broussard Ford, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1976
- Dupre v. Consolidated UnderwritersLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1957
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