BLOUIN v. SHELL OIL CO.

No. 95-CA-89.

656 So.2d 1118 (1995)

Joel W. BLOUIN, v. SHELL OIL COMPANY, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

May 30, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Defrancesch, David K. Joyce, Kenner, for plaintiff/appellant Joel W. Blouin.

W. Patrick Klotz, Jr., Best, Koeppel & Klotz, New Orleans, for defendant/appellee Shell Oil Co.

Before BOWES, GRISBAUM and CANNELLA, JJ.


CANNELLA, Judge.

Plaintiff, Joel Blouin, appeals from a summary judgment dismissing his suit, with prejudice, for damages against defendant, Shell Oil Co. (Shell), because defendant is his statutory employer. We affirm.

In 1988 an explosion occurred at the Shell plant in Norco, Louisiana. Among other structures, the blast destroyed the catalytic cracker unit of the refinery. As a result, Shell contracted with KCI Constructors, Inc. (KCI) to reconstruct the...

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