MARYLAND CASUALTY COMPANY v. COWAN

No. 2597.

219 So.2d 530 (1969)

MARYLAND CASUALTY COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ralph COWAN, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 12, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh E. Brunson, Crowley, for defendant-appellant.

Mouton, Champagne & Colomb, by Welton P. Mouton, Sr., Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TATE, FRUGÉ, and CULPEPPER, JJ.


TATE, Judge.

The central issue in this suit concerns the ultimate allocation of liability between the general and the special employer for compensation benefits paid to a "borrowed employee". Here, the general employer appeals from the trial court's determination that he must reimburse the special employer's compensation insurer (Maryland) for one-half the amounts paid to or for a disabled employee, Placide Meche.

The two employers are Ralph and Henry Cowan...

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