Lambert v. Padgett

JULIAN E. BAILES, Judge Pro Tern.

This is an action in tort. The plaintiff was injured while employed as an oiler-driver on a 55 ton hydrocrane at a jobsite in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. From an adverse judgment in the district court, the plaintiff has appealed. We affirm.

The defendants are: Henry Padgett, the operator of the hydrocrane on which the plaintiff was injured; James A. Teague, executive officer of James A. Teague Rental Equipment, Inc., and its insurer, Highlands Insurance Company; John *513Hennes Trucking Company, which rented the hydrocrane from James A. Teague Rental…