SMITH v. AMF TUBOSCOPE, INC.

No. 83 CA 0205.

442 So.2d 679 (1983)

Earnest Ray SMITH v. AMF TUBOSCOPE, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

November 22, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick D. McArdle, New Orleans, for plaintiff.

Huntington B. Downer, Jr., Waitz, Downer & Best, Houma, for defendant Patterson Inspection Ser. Inc.

Douglas C. Longman, Jr., Onebane, Donohoe, Bernard, Torian, Diaz, McNamara & Abell, Lafayette, for AMF Tuboscope, Inc.

Don L. Broussard, Lafayette, for Travelers Ins. Co.

Before SHORTESS, LANIER and CRAIN, JJ.


LANIER, Judge.

This is a suit for damages in tort alleging, in part, that a statutory employer (La. R.S. 23:1061) is liable for injuries sustained by a statutory employee from a defect in equipment manufactured by the statutory employer. The statutory employer filed a motion for summary judgment contending that the employee's exclusive remedy was workmen's compensation and that it was immune from suits of this type (La.R.S. 23:1032). The trial court granted the summary...

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