BENOIT v. GREY WOLF DRILLING, INC.

No. 86-1130.

520 So.2d 1104 (1987)

Gilbert BENOIT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GREY WOLF DRILLING, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Denied February 5, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McHugh & Guidry, George M. McHugh, St. Martinville, for plaintiff-appellant.

Bernard F. Levy, Houma, for intervenor-appellant.

Onebane, Donohoe, Keith M. Borne, Lafayette, for defendants-appellees.

Before FORET, YELVERTON and KNOLL, Judges.


KNOLL, Judge.

Patterson Services, Inc. (hereafter Patterson) appeals the dismissal of its intervention in the tort claim of Gilbert Benoit (hereafter Benoit), Patterson's employee, against Grey Wolf Drilling, Inc. (hereafter Grey Wolf). On motion for summary judgment the trial court determined Grey Wolf was Benoit's statutory employer and, therefore, was immune from tort liability.

Patterson appeals, contending...

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