
    Thomas Dale FREDERICK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BAKER HUGHES INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.
    No. 98-770.
    Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.
    Feb. 3, 1999.
    James Paul Lambert, Lafayette, Chuck David Granger, Opelousas, for Joe Don Touchet, et al.
    Bret Christopher Beyer, Lafayette, for Baker Hughes Inc., et al.
    Dale Patrick Martin, Morgan City, David M. Thorguson, Berwick, for Dynasty/Viator Trucking.
    James Isaac Funderburk, Abbeville, for Sheriff Ray Lemaire.
    BEFORE: YELVERTON, WOODARD, and PICKETT, Judges.
   WOODARD, Judge.

For the reasons found in the companion case rendered this date under the caption number 98-749 Joe Don Touchet, et al. v. Baker Hughes Inc., et al. (La.App. 3 Cir. 2/3/99), 737 So.2d 821, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed. Costs of this appeal are assessed to the appellant.

AFFIRMED.  