JOSEPH v. PARISH OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST

No. 00-CA-304.

772 So.2d 737 (2000)

Eddie JOSEPH v. The PARISH OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

October 18, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lloyd N. Frischhertz, Seelig, Cosse, Frischhertz & Poulliard, New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorneys for Appellant Eddie Joseph and The Parish of St. John The Baptist, et al.

Robert W. Grant, Grant & Barrow, Gretna, Louisiana, Attorney for Appellee St. John The Baptist Parish.

Panel composed of Judges CHARLES GRISBAUM, Jr., JAMES L. CANNELLA and JAMES C. GULOTTA, Pro Tempore.


CANNELLA, Judge.

Plaintiff, Eddie Joseph, appeals a summary judgment in a personal injury case dismissing his claim because he was a statutory employee of Defendant, The Parish of St. John the Baptist (the Parish). We affirm.

On November 19, 1990 Plaintiff, while working as a garbage collector employed by Trosclairs, Inc., was injured on Beech Street in LaPlace when the truck upon which he was standing backed into a lamp post, crushing him. The Parish contracted...

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