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JORGE-CHAVELAS v. LA FARM BUREAU CAS. INS. CO.

No. 18-30388.

917 F.3d 847 (2019)

Alejandro JORGE-CHAVELAS; Alfredo Moreno-Abarca, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. LOUISIANA FARM BUREAU CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY; Louisiana Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellants, v. American Interstate Insurance Company, Intervenor Plaintiff-Appellee

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED March 7, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Brian Davis , James Ridgley Bullman , Randall Eugene Estes , Estes Davis Law, L.L.C., Samuel Bradley Rhorer , Zachary Stevens Walker , Rhorer Law Firm, Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Robert Heath Savant , Mark Thomas Assad , Plauche Maselli Parkerson, L.L.P., Baton Rouge, LA, Elizabeth Carville , Andrew Lane Plauche, Jr., Esq. , Plauche Maselli Parkerson, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellants.

Barry Jamar Rozas , Henry Harvey Le-Bas , LeBas Law Offices, A.P.L.C., Lafayette, LA, for Intervenor Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before KING, HIGGINSON, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.

Workers' compensation laws strike a statutory bargain between labor and management. They all but guarantee that a worker will recover from an employer for workplace injuries. In exchange for that certainty, the worker gives up the right to pursue a potentially larger recovery in a tort suit—employers are immune...

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