Ferringer v. Crowley Oil & Mineral Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Acadia; Philip Sidney Pugh, Judge. Action by George Ferringer against the Crowley Oil & Mineral Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
This is a suit for damages for personal injuries. Plaintiff was badly scalded while he and another workman were repairing a pipe which was connected with a hot water pump in the boiler room of defendant’s air compressor plant at the Jenning’» oil field. The line of pipe to be repaired' was in bad condition, and it seems to be an undisputed fact that the hot water was shut off in the morning prior to the commencement of the work of repair, and was not turned on again until some time in the afternoon. The preponderance of the evidence is that defendant’s foreman, knowing that the men were at…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Payne v. Georgetown Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1906
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