Legal Opinion
Caudle v. Betts
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided September 9, 1987No. 87-C-0445PublishedCited by 166 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
512 So.2d 389 (1987)
Ruben H. CAUDLE
v.
Peter BETTS, et al.
No. 87-C-0445.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
September 9, 1987.
Rehearing Denied October 8, 1987.
Bernard Kramer, Alexandria, for applicant.
De Witt T. Methvin, Jr., Gist, Methvin, Hughes & Munsterman, Alexandria, for respondent.
DENNIS, Justice.
This personal injury case presents the issues of whether an electrical shock administered to a worker by his employer's chief executive officer as a practical joke constitutes an intentional tort, and if so, whether the employee may recover damages for the unintended and unforeseeable impairment of his…
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