Ortega v. Semco, L.L.C.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
1Opinion of the Court
| ¡¿DALEY, Judge.
Plaintiff/Appellant, Pedro Ortega, appeals a trial court judgment that dismissed his tort suit' against DefendanVAppellee, Semco, L.L.C. Ortega was employed by Workforce, Inc., a temporary labor supplier. He was assigned to work at the Semco shipyard in Lafitte, Louisiana, as a shipfit-ter, when he was burned on the leg on April 14, 1997. He sued Semco in tort. Semco filed a Motion for Summary Judgment, arguing that Ortega was their borrowed employee, and that under the Long-shore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. § 901 et seq., Ortega’s exclusive remedy against…
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