Case ID: so3d_62/html/0102-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Rickey L. OUBRE v. PPG INDUSTRIES, INC., et al.
    No. 2011-CC-0465.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    April 29, 2011.
   In re Siemens Energy Inc.; —Defendant; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Calcasieu, 14th Judicial District Court Div. F, No. 2009-4972; to the Court of Appeal, Third Circuit, No. CW 10-01329.

Granted. Plaintiff is unable to establish the accident was substantially certain to occur as a result of defendant’s conduct. See Reeves v. Structural Preservation Systems, 98-1795 (La.3/12/99), 731 So.2d 208. Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is reversed, and defendant’s motion for summary judgment is granted.

JOHNSON and KNOLL, JJ., would deny.