Legal Opinion
Sibert v. National Oil Well Varco, L.P.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 26, 2014No. 48,789-CAPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
| Mason Sibert appeals a summary judgment which found that one of the defendants, general contractor HDR Constructors, was his statutory employer and thus immune from tort liability for his work-related injury. We affirm.
Factual and Procedural Background
On February 2, 2011, Heckmann Water Resources Corp., as owner, executed a work agreement (“general contract”) with HDR Constructors, as contractor, to design and replace certain portions of Heck-mann’s fluids pipeline in DeSoto Parish. On May 2, 2011, HDR executed a subcontract agreement with Wicker Construction Inc., as subcontractor, to…
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