SMITH v. COTTON'S FLEET SERVICE, INC.

No. 86-C-0835.

500 So.2d 759 (1987)

Robert E. SMITH v. COTTON'S FLEET SERVICE, INC. and Cotton's, Incorporated.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 12, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall A. Shipp, Baton Rouge, for applicant.

Kenneth E. Barnette, Daniel Reed, Seale, Smith & Phelps, Baton Rouge, for respondent.


DENNIS, Justice.*

In this case the plaintiff, a driver-salesman for a bakery products company, was injured by the alleged defective condition of a truck supplied to the bakery company by its sibling corporation. We are called upon to decide whether the Worker's Compensation Act grants to a contractor (the truck supplier) immunity from the tort claims of its principal's (the bread company's) employees, or whether, under the circumstances...

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