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BLANCHARD v. GULF OIL CORP.

No. 81-3763 Summary Calendar.

696 F.2d 395 (1983)

George E. BLANCHARD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GULF OIL CORPORATION, a Pennsylvania corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 27, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross & King, Walter E. Ross, Jr., Biloxi, Miss., Bryan, Nelson, Allen, Schroeder & Cobb, Harry R. Allen, Gulfport, Miss., for plaintiff-appellant.

Hammett, Leake & Hammett, Eldon T. Harvey, III, J. Gregg Collins, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, POLITZ and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a summary judgment finding defendant Gulf to be plaintiff's "statutory employer" under the Louisiana Workmen's Compensation Act, and therefore immune from tort liability to plaintiff for his on-the-job injuries. Agreeing that no genuine issue of material fact exists in this case, we affirm.

At the time of his injury which gave rise to this suit, George Blanchard was employed...

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