HALL v. CROWN ZELLERBACH CORP.

No. 82-3682 Summary Calendar.

715 F.2d 983 (1983)

Larry W. HALL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CROWN ZELLERBACH CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 26, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Michael Cashio, Jr., Kenner, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

R. Bradley Lewis and Richard F. Knight, Bogalusa, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before GEE, POLITZ and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Under Louisiana's workmen's compensation statute, an employee of an independent contractor may recover compensation benefits from the principal employer on a job if the employee is injured while performing work which is part of the principal's "trade, business, or occupation." LSA-RS 23:1061 (West 1964).1 This statutory liability carries with it its own limitation: the principal employer...

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