Ladnier v. James C. Stewart & Co.
Citations
- 123 La. 206
- 48 So. 890
- 1909 La. LEXIS 698
Syllabus
<p>Master and Servant (§ 256*) — Injury to Servant — Petition—Exceptions.</p> <p>* Where, from the allegations of the petition, in an action for the recovery of damage for personal injuries sustained by an employe through-the, alleged negligence of the employer, it appears that the place where the employe was put to work was safe enough, but for the acts of a third party, over whom the employer is not alleged to have had any control, and it does not appear that the employer knew, or was in any better position than the plaintiff to know, that such third party would act as he did, an exception of no cause of action is properly sustained.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Master and Servant, Cent. Dig. § 809; Dec. Dig. § 256.*]</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>
How courts have described this case
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- stating that the “reasonable rental value of substitute property may be used to determine the amount of loss-of-use damages” (emphasis added)
- noting that experts may offer statements of fact as the basis for their opinions “but may not opine on their veracity or on [another] testifying witnesses’ credibility”
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Judges: Monroe
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