Blanda v. Kathryn Rae Towing, Inc.

JUDE G. GRAVOIS, Judge.

|?In this suit under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A.App. § 688, appellant Robert Charles Blanda, Jr. (“Blanda”) appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant Kathryn Rae Towing, Inc. MTV TAK 1 (“KRT”). The trial court found that Blanda was not in the course and scope of his employment at the time of his accident and injuries, thus finding no liability against KRT under the Jones Act and dismissing Blanda’s case against KRT. This appeal followed. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

FACTS

On December 19, 2003, Blanda was seriously injured in a car…