SALSBURY v. HOOD INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 92-4676.

982 F.2d 912 (1993)

John Douglas SALSBURY and Linda Fletcher Salsbury, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Insurance Co. of North America, Intervenor-Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HOOD INDUSTRIES, INC., and U.S. Fire Ins. Co., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 10, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Lawrence Arbour a/k/a Larry Arbour, Geary S. Aycock, Arbour & Aycock, West Monroe, LA, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Thomas G. Zentner, Jr., Theus, Grisham, Davis & Leigh, Monroe, LA, for Insurance Co.

Ronald E. Raney, Lunn, Irion, Johnson, Salley & Carlisle, Shreveport, LA, for defendants-appellees.

Before REAVLEY, SMITH and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.


REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

J. Douglas Salsbury appeals an adverse summary judgment dismissing his tort claims against Hood Industries, Inc. (Hood) and Hood's insurer, United States Fire Insurance Company. The district court concluded that a statutory employment relationship existed between Salsbury and Hood, and that the plaintiff's claims against Hood are barred by the Louisiana Worker's Compensation Act. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

In 1990, Hood owned...

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