No. 8778 Precedential Processed

Brown v. Wallace C. Drennan Co.

Louisiana Court of Appeal, First Circuit · Filed May 10, 1978 · 359 So. 2d 715

Also decided on this docket: La. Ct. App. 5th Cir., December 13, 1977 358 So. 2d 963; La. Ct. App. 3d Cir., June 30, 1977 347 So. 2d 955; La. Ct. App. 1st Cir., April 17, 1972 264 So. 2d 289; La. Ct. App. 1st Cir., January 21, 1958 100 So. 2d 241; La. Ct. App. 1st Cir., April 27, 1925 2 La. App. 138; La., May 15, 1883 35 La. Ann. 675

Cited by

Board of Levee Commissioners of Orleans Levee District v. Newport Ltd. 517 So. 2d 406 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1987
Cancienne v. Lafourche Parish Police Jury 423 So. 2d 662 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1982
Rogers v. Louisiana Power & Light Co., Inc. 391 So. 2d 30 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1980
Brooks v. New Orleans Public Service 370 So. 2d 686 La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1979
State, Through Dept. of Highways v. Champagne 371 So. 2d 626 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1979

Opinion text

REDMANN, Judge. The trial judge’s reasons amply explain his decision and his reasons are supported by the record. The fact that the crane was used with no problem immediately after the accident dispels any supposition that a failure of its hydraulic system might have caused it to suddenly fall and knock down the scaffold. Affirmed.