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BRIDGES v. NEW ORLEANS TRUCKING AND RENTAL

No. 2013 CA 1969.

146 So.3d 288 (2014)

Quintin N. BRIDGES v. NEW ORLEANS TRUCKING AND RENTAL DEPOT, INC. & Varice A. James, Sr.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

June 27, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph G. Albe , New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee Quintin N. Bridges.

Stephen W. Brooks, Jr. , Richard J. Voelker , Covington, LA, for Defendants/Appellants New Orleans Trucking and Rental Depot, Inc. and Varice James.

Before PETTIGREW, McDONALD, and McCLENDON, JJ.

McCLENDON, J.

A commercial trucking carrier appeals a judgment rendered by the Office of Workers' Compensation ("OWC") finding that a truck driver was its employee and requiring it to pay workers' compensation benefits. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On May 9, 2012, Quintin Bridges was driving a tractor-trailer rig and traveling west on Interstate 610 at Elysian Fields Avenue in New Orleans when he was involved...

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