Musgrove v. Southland Corp.

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

This appeal requires the determination of ultimate liability for two deaths occurring in the workplace on a Louisiana jobsite for which Citgo Petroleum Corporation paid death benefits. Citgo now appeals adverse summary judgment of its claim for reimbursement from the insurers of its contractor. We affirm.

*1043 Background

Two employees of Lake Charles Electric Co. (LCE) were killed while performing electrical maintenance work at a Citgo refinery pursuant to a purchase order contract between Citgo and LCE. Although the cable on which the decedents were working was de-energized,…