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SINGLETON v. MARINE SHALE PROCESSORS, INC.

No. 89 CA 0327.

560 So.2d 496 (1990)

Frank SINGLETON and Katherine Marie Singleton v. MARINE SHALE PROCESSORS, INC., Godfrey LeBoeuf and XYZ Ins. Co.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

April 10, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh E. McNeely, Lafayette, for plaintiff/appellant.

Sidney Patin, Houmo, for Marine Shale Processors, Inc. and Godfrey LeBoeuf, defendant/appellees.

J. Alan Jordan, Powers, Vaughn & Clegg, Baton Rouge, for Anglo American Ins. Co., Inc., intervenor.

Before COVINGTON, C.J., and WATKINS and SHORTESS, JJ.

WATKINS, Judge.

This appeal presents the legal question of whether the defense of tort immunity for statutory employers under the Louisiana Worker's Compensation Act is barred when a general laborer is injured while being transported from one area of the employer's facility to another.

Plaintiff, Frank Singleton, was injured at the facility of defendant, Marine Shale Processors, Inc. (MSP). At the time of his injury Mr. Singleton was an employee of MBJ Contractors...

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