PER CURIAM.
The injured employee received worker's compensation benefits under 33 U.S.C. § 905(a), the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, during the time of concurrent jurisdiction with the Louisiana Worker's Compensation Act. Because the employee elected benefits under the federal Act, the state Act was not implicated. Defendant, even if it would be a statutory employer under the state Act, cannot claim the tort immunity provided to principals by...
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