SIBERT v. NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO, L.P.

No. 48,789-CA.

136 So.3d 283 (2014)

Jason Dane SIBERT and Tia Sibert, Plaintiff-Appellants v. NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO, L.P., et al., Defendant-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

February 26, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

All American Law Firm of LA By: Wade T. Visconte , Shreveport, Robinson & Williams By: Kyle M. Robinson , Bossier City, Craig L. Williams , New Orleans, for Appellants Jason Dane Sibert and Tia Sibert.

Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith, New Orleans, By: Richard E. King , Jennifer L. Simmons , for Appellee HDR Constructors, Inc.

Jones Walker LP, Lafayette, By: Douglas C. Longman, Jr. , Louis Simon, II , for Appellees National Oilwell Varco, L.P., and Randy Petty.

Taylor, Wellons, Politz, and Duhe, By: Marvin Huber Olinde , New Orleans, Charles J. Duhe , Baton Rouge, for Appellees Heckmann Water Resources Corp., Phil B. Martel, and Hartford Fire Insurance Co.

Duplass, Zwain, Bourgeois, Pfister & Weinstock, Metairie, By: David J. Bourgeois , Philip G. Watson , for Third-Party Defendant/Appellee Wicker Construction, Inc.

Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard, By: Daniel B. Centner , New Orleans, Seth A. Schmeeckle , Baton Rouge, for Third Party Defendants/Appellees The Phoenix Insurance Co. and Travelers Property Casualty Co.

Maricle & Associates, By: Thomas J. Miller , Mandeville, for Intervener/Appellee The Standard Fire Insurance Co.

Before DREW, MOORE and PITMAN, JJ.


MOORE, J.

Jason Sibert appeals a summary judgment which found that one of the defendants, general contractor HDR Constructors, was his statutory employer and thus immune from tort liability for his work-related injury. We affirm.

Factual and Procedural Background

On February 2, 2011, Heckmann Water Resources Corp., as owner, executed a work agreement ("general contract") with HDR Constructors, as contractor, to design and replace certain portions...

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