Legal Opinion

Rhodes v. Lewis

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided April 4, 2001No. 00-1359PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

J^DOUCET, Chief Judge.

Claimant, James O. Rhodes, appeals a judgment of an Office of Workers’ Compensation (OWC) judge finding him the employee solely of Ralph Lewis, Sr. and neither an employee of a joint venture between Ralph Lewis and Ed Norfleet nor a statutory employee of Cajun Sugar Cooperative, Inc. (Cajun Sugar). We dismiss the appeal and remand the case to the OWC for further proceedings. FACTS

Claimant, James Rhodes, was injured on September 29, 1992, when he fell through a skylight on the roof of the mill building at the Cajun Sugar refinery in New Iberia, Louisiana. Earlier in the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Smith v. UNR Home ProductsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
  2. Volion v. Baker Heritage, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1997
  3. Beaumont v. Exxon Corp.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1999

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Rhodes v. LewisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2002

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