Willis v. Combustion Eng.

Full title: Claude WILLIS and Bessie Willis v. COMBUSTION ENGINEERING, INC., et al

Court: Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit

Date published: Jan 10, 2007

944 So. 2d 725 (La. Ct. App. 2007)

Opinion

No. 06-676.

November 2, 2006. Rehearing Denied January 10, 2007.

Appeal from the Ninth Judicial District Court, Parish of Rapides, No. 202,561, Honorable George Clarence Metoyer Jr., District Judge.

Scott R. Bickford, Martzell Bickford, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant, Claude Willis.

William Lee Brockman, Attorney at Law, Metairie, LA, for Defendant-Appellee, Andritz, Inc.

David Ross Frohn, Frohn Thibodeaux, Lake Charles, LA, for Defendant-Appellee, Chicago Bridge Iron.

Glenn Lyle Maximilian Swetman, Aultman, Tyner, Ruffin, Ltd. New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellee, Andritz, Inc.

Jeffrey Matthew Burg, Attorney at Law, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant, Claude Willis.

John W Martinez, Attorney at Law, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellee, Zurn Industries.

Court composed of MICHAEL G. SULLIVAN, ELIZABETH A. PICKETT, and BILLY HOWARD EZELL, Judges.

PICKETT, Judge.

For the reasons discussed in the companion case in this consolidated matter, Curtis v. Branton industries, 06-675 (La.App. 3 Cir. 11/2/2006), 944 So.2d 716, 2006 WL 3093239, the judgment of the trial court is reversed, and the case is remanded for further proceedings. Costs of this appeal are assessed to the defendants, Andritz, Zurn, and Chicago Bridge.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.