BLACK v. McDERMOTT INTERN. INC.

No. 96-CA-2062.

692 So.2d 724 (1997)

Wendy Freeman BLACK, wife of/and Charles Leslie Black, Jr. v. McDERMOTT INTERNATIONAL INC., McDermott Offshore Services Co., Inc. and Mobil Exploration and Production U.S., Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied May 30, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen B. Murray, Charles R. Ward, Jr., Stephanie Lawrence, Murray Law Firm, New Orleans, for Appellants.

Joseph W. Looney, Gregg E. Barrios, Sharon Rodi, Adams and Reese, New Orleans, for Appellee.

Before SCHOTT, C.J., and CIACCIO and ARMSTRONG, JJ.


CIACCIO, Judge.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in granting summary judgment holding that McDermott Offshore Services, Inc. was Charles Black's statutory employer and thereby exempt from tort liability by virtue of LSA-R.S. 23:1032.

The material facts of this case are undisputed. On June 28, 1990, Mobil Producing Nigeria, ("MPN"), an oil drilling, refining and distributing corporation, contracted with McDermott Offshore Services...

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