Covington v. Loffland Bros. Co.

FRUGÉ, Judge.

This is a tort action whereby plaintiff alleges that he was injured while working •on an oil drilling rig by an employee of the ■defendant, LofHand Brothers Company. An intervention was filed by Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, as workmen’s compensation insurer of plaintiff’s •employer, Frank’s Casing Crew and Rental Tools, Inc., for compensation benefits paid to plaintiff. Defendant’s answer denies actionable negligence and alternatively pleads the affirmative defenses of assumption of risk and contributory negligence. After trial on the merits, the lower court, with…