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WRIGHT v. EXCEL PARALUBES

No. 14-31215.

807 F.3d 730 (2015)

Dustin Blake WRIGHT, Plaintiff-Appellant v. EXCEL PARALUBES; ConocoPhillips Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 8, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin Charles Brandt, Esq. , Brandt & Sherman, L.L.P., Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

James Allen Lochridge, Jr. , Voorhies & Labbe, Lafayette, LA, Matthew Sanford Green , Preis, P.L.C., Lafayette, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before JONES, SMITH, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.

This case requires us to determine whether a non-operating partner in a joint-venture qualifies as a "statutory employer" as that term is used in the Louisiana Workers' Compensation Act ("LWCA"), LA. STAT. ANN. 23:1021 (2014) et seq., even though the operating partner signed a contract with a contractor that...

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