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WOODARD v. SOUTHERN CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.

No. 54615.

305 So.2d 528 (1974)

Ottis Lee WOODARD, Plaintiff-Appellant-Relator, v. SOUTHERN CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellees-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 28, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. H. Coltharp, Jr., Hall, Coltharp & Lestage, DeRidder, for defendants-appellees-respondents.

E. M. Nichols, Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellant-relator.

TATE, Justice.

The plaintiff Woodard sues for workmen's compensation benefits. He alleges he was injured while working as an independent contractor executing work which is part of the "trade, business, or occupation" of the defendant Bennett, La.R.S. 23:1061, see also La.R.S. 23:1021(6), so that Bennett is liable in compensation for the injuries thus received. Bennett and his insurer (Southern Casualty) were made defendants.

The court of appeal affirmed the...

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