HUTCHINSON v. LIVINGSTON WOOD PRODUCTS

No. 89-C-2966.

562 So.2d 883 (1990)

Lawrence HUTCHINSON v. LIVINGSTON WOOD PRODUCTS and Aetna Life & Casualty Company.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Dissenting Opinion June 19, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Palmer, Ponchatoula, for Lawrence Hutchinson, plaintiff-applicant.

R. Michael Caldwell, Franklin, Moore & Walsh, Baton Rouge, for Livingston Wood Products, et al. defendents-respondents.


Dissenting Opinion by Judge Watson June 19, 1990.

SHORTESS, Justice Pro Tem.

The issue before us is whether the lower courts erred in failing to award plaintiff additional worker's compensation benefits.

Lawrence Hutchinson (plaintiff) was employed as a woodcutter by his uncle, Jerry Johnson. Johnson, in turn, was an independent contractor who cut and delivered wood to Livingston Wood Products (defendant). While performing his duties on April 10, 1985...

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