THOMPSON v. SOUTH CENTRAL BELL TEL. CO.

No. 12286.

402 So.2d 799 (1981)

Don THOMPSON v. SOUTH CENTRAL BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY and New Orleans Public Service, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

July 30, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Moore & Walters, Charles R. Moore, Baton Rouge, Attorney for plaintiff-appellant.

Hulse, Nelson & Wanek, Michael E. Wanek, New Orleans, Attorneys for defendant-appellant (Surveys, Inc.).

Montgomery, Barnett, Brown & Read, Daniel Lund and Sylvia Landry Holder, New Orleans, Attorneys for defendant-appellee (South Central Bell).

Before GULOTTA, GARRISON and


CHEHARDY, JJ.

GULOTTA, Judge.

In this appeal the issue is whether South Central Bell Telephone Company is the "statutory employer" of Don Thompson entitled to a dismissal by summary judgment of Thompson's tort suit for injuries sustained in a job-related accident.

At the time of his accident, Thompson was employed by Cifers Construction Company, Inc., which was under contract with South Central Bell to install underground, plastic conduit that would...

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