Joseph Dupre v. Otis Engineering Corporation

641 F.2d 229

Joseph DUPRE, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

OTIS ENGINEERING CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

No. 78-2987.

United States Court of Appeals,

Fifth Circuit.

March 30, 1981.

Henderson, Hanemann & Morris, Philip E. Henderson, Houma, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Christovich & Kearney, Lawrence J. Ernst, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Before THORNBERRY, ANDERSON and THOMAS A. CLARK, Circuit Judges.

R. LANIER ANDERSON, III, Circuit Judge:

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Appellant Joseph Dupre filed this tort suit, predicated upon diversity of…