Steadman v. Monroe Concrete Co.

GLADNEY, Judge.

This action in tort is one of two consolidated suits and arises from an auto*337mobile accident which occurred about 2:40 P.M. on May 11, 1956, on Louisiana State Highway No. 15 about nine miles south of Monroe, within the Parish of Richland. Recovery of monetary damages by Henry Steadman is sought against Monroe Concrete Company, Inc., employer of Willie C. Viola, driver of one of its trucks, and the liability insurer of the truck, Manufacturers Casualty Insurance Company. The United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, workmen’s compensation insurer of Fromherz Engineers,…