Legal Opinion
Smith v. Cotton's Fleet Service, Inc.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 12, 1987No. 86-C-0835PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
500 So.2d 759 (1987)
Robert E. SMITH
v.
COTTON'S FLEET SERVICE, INC. and Cotton's, Incorporated.
No. 86-C-0835.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
January 12, 1987.
Randall A. Shipp, Baton Rouge, for applicant.
Kenneth E. Barnette, Daniel Reed, Seale, Smith & Phelps, Baton Rouge, for respondent.
DENNIS, Justice.[*]
In this case the plaintiff, a driver-salesman for a bakery products company, was injured by the alleged defective condition of a truck supplied to the bakery company by its sibling corporation. We are called upon to decide whether the Worker's Compensation Act grants to a contractor (the truck…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Benoit v. Hunt Tool Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1951
- Lewis v. Exxon Corp.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
- United States v. Milwaukee Refrigerator Transit Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Wisconsin · 1905
- Mull v. Colt Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1962
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- Volb v. G.E. Capital Corp.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1995
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