Isgitt v. State Farm Ins. Co.

THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge.

| t Charles Isgitt, an employee of Lewing Construction, suffered a severe leg injury when he fell from a platform at a construction site on Leroy Cooley’s property. Mr. Isgitt alleges that the trial court erred in granting summary judgment to the defendants, Leroy Cooley and his insurer, State Farm Mutual and Casualty Company.

Specifically, Mr. Isgitt asserts that the trial court erred by ruling that: (1) Mr. Cooley could not be held liable for the contractor’s, Keith Lewing’s, negligence, because Mr. Lewing was an independent contractor; and (2) Mr. Cooley did not act…