Legal Opinion
DOMINIO v. Folger Coffee Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 10, 2010No. 2009-CA-1278PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICIA RIVET MURRAY, Judge.
| ¶ This is a tort suit arising out of a work place accident. The sole issue raised on appeal is whether the trial court correctly concluded that the defendant, The Folger Coffee Company (“Folger”), was the statutory employer of the plaintiff, Donald Dominio. Answering that question in the affirmative, we affirm the trial court’s judgment dismissing Mr. Dominio’s tort suit and declaring the intervention filed by his direct employer, T.T.C., Inc., moot.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
In June 1993, Mr. Dominio was injured at Folger’s warehouse. He was attempting to…
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