Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company v. J. Ray McDermott Company, Inc.

JONES, Circuit Judge:

Andrew Y. Romero was an employee of the appellee, J. Ray McDermott Company, Inc., at its manufacturing plant in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. While so employed, and in the course of his employment, he sustained an injury as the result of an accident for which he received workmen’s compensation from the employer or its compensation insurance carrier. The injury occurred while the employee, Romero, was using a hoist manufactured by the appellant, Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company. He brought an action against Yale & Towne and its insurer asserting that it was negligent in…