Legal Opinion

Smith v. St. Landry Parish Solid Waste Disposal District

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided December 7, 2011No. 11-946Published

1Opinion of the Court

DECUIR, Judge.

|, Michael and Ernesta Smith filed suit against the St. Landry Parish Solid Waste Disposal District and its supervisor, Katry Martin, after their son, Martel Smith, was killed while working at the St. Landry Sanitary Landfill. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants, finding the Smiths failed in their burden of proving the intentional act exception .to workers’ compensation immunity. The Smiths appealed, and for the following reasons, we affirm.

Ón April 22, 2008, Martel Smith was working with fourteen other employees at the landfill, a two-hundred…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Cangelosi v. OUR LADY OF LAKE REG. MED. CTR.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1990
  2. Linnear v. CENTERPOINT ENERGY ENTEX/RELIANTSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2007
  3. Smith v. TANNER HEAVY EQUIP. CO., INC.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 2001
  4. Vidrine v. Constructors, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2007

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