Legal Opinion
Mrs. Fay M. Hoshman, Etc. v. Esso Standard Oil Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 19, 1959No. 17298_1PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge.
Russell Hoshman was killed in an industrial accident. His widow, individually and as natural tutrix of her minor children, sued Esso Standard Oil for damages under the general tort article of the Louisiana Civil Code. 1 Esso filed a motion to dismiss the complaint on the ground that the plaintiff’s remedy is provided for exclusively in the Louisiana Workmen’s Compensation Act. 2 The district court granted defendant’s motion and dismissed plaintiff’s suit. We affirm.
Hoshman was an apprentice pipefitter at Esso’s refinery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He was electrocuted…
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