SANCHEZ v. SMART FABRICATORS OF TEXAS, L.L.C.

No. 19-20506 Summary Calendar.

952 F.3d 620 (2020)

Gilbert SANCHEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SMART FABRICATORS OF TEXAS, L.L.C., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED March 11, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William David George , Baker Wotring, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Anthony G. Buzbee , Andrew Anh Dao , Buzbee Law Firm, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Michael Matthew Jett , Evan Thomas Caffrey , Hall Maines Lugrin, P.C., Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, HO, and ENGELHARDT, Circuit Judges.


Appellant Gilbert Sanchez, a welder employed by Appellee Smart Fabricators of Texas, LLC ("Smart"), was injured when he tripped on a pipe welded to the deck of a jacked-up offshore drilling rig.1 At the time of the accident, Sanchez had worked for Smart for 67 days, all but two...

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