HOWARD v. GEORGIA PACIFIC CORP.

No. 22432-CA.

583 So.2d 55 (1991)

Charlie HOWARD, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GEORGIA PACIFIC CORP., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

June 19, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bobby L. Culpepper, Jonesboro, for plaintiff-appellant, Charlie Howard, Jr.

Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D'Armond, McCowan & Jarman by Brian F. Blackwell, Baton Rouge, for defendants-appellees, Georgia Pacific Corp.

Before MARVIN, VICTORY and BROWN, JJ.


BROWN, Judge.

Plaintiff, Charlie Howard, Jr., appeals from a judgment denying workers' compensation benefits. The issue presented requires a determination of whether Georgia Pacific Corporation (Georgia Pacific) was his statutory employer. For the reasons expressed herein, we reverse and remand.

Louisiana's workers' compensation law subjects certain principal contractors to liability for compensation claims of the employees of their independent contractors...

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