Aleem v. AABCO Contractors, Inc.

AUGUSTINE, Judge.

Talib Aleem prosecutes this suit under the Louisiana Workmen’s Compensation statute and under general tort law as a result of injuries which he suffered during the course of his employment on April 11, 1980. Aleem named several defendants as his employer: Louisiana State University Medical Center, AABCO Contractors, Inc., Leonard Pigott, and Joseph Jackson. The trial court dismissed the tort claim on defendant’s plea of prescription. Following trial on the merits of the plaintiff’s workmen’s compensation suit, the trial court found that Aleem’s sole employer at the time of…