VICKNAIR v. FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP., LOUISIANA

No. 95-31149, (Summary Calendar).

98 F.3d 837 (1996)

Dalton VICKNAIR; Francis Ann Vicknair, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FORMOSA PLASTICS CORPORATION, LOUISIANA; Harold Deemer, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 18, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph L. Fletcher, Fletcher, Roy & Morain, Baton Rouge, LA, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Gayla M. Moncla, Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Baton Rouge, LA, for defendants-appellees.

Before WIENER, PARKER and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.


WIENER, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal we are asked to determine whether a manufacturer may claim tort immunity as a "statutory employer" under Louisiana's Workers' Compensation laws when an employee of an independent transportation contractor is injured while delivering component materials from a third-party vendor to that manufacturer. This case comes to us following the district court's grant of the manufacturer's Motion for Summary Judgment, dismissing the injured...

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