Legal Opinion

Stapleton v. Great Lakes Chemical Corp.

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided May 4, 1994No. 24386-CAPublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JjSEXTON, Judge.

The Louisiana Supreme Court vacated in part, affirmed in part, and remanded our previous holding in Stapleton v. Great Lakes Chemical Corporation, 616 So.2d 1311 (La.App.2d Cir.1993). In that opinion, we held, in relevant part, that the trial judge erred in finding separate causes of action in both the tort case and the worker’s compensation intervention and thereby finding the plaintiff, Stapleton, and defendant, Henderson, each 50 percent at fault in causing the accident in question, in contradiction to the finding of the jury allocating no fault to either defendant and…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Coco v. Winston Industries, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1977
  2. Folse v. FakouriSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
  3. Perniciaro v. BrinchSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
  4. American Motorist v. American Rent-AllSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1991
  5. Philippe v. Browning Arms Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1981

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. D.L.C. v. C.A.H.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1999
  2. Legros v. Westlake Polymers Corp.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1997
  3. Jones v. Fin. Indem. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2019
  4. Jones v. Fin. Indem. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2019

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