Carpenter v. Allied Waste

KEATY, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals from the trial court’s granting of summary judgment in favor of Defendant. For the following reasons, we affirm.

*1041FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Defendant, BFI Waste Services, LLC d/b/a Allied Waste Services of Acadiana-Scott (Allied Waste), is engaged in commercial and residential garbage collection. Plaintiff, Joseph Charles Carpenter (Carpenter), was employed by Allied Waste as a garbage truck driver. Carpenter allegedly pulled a muscle in his back in 2006 and was placed on light-duty work which consisted of driving a pickup truck and a boom truck. In August…