Legal Opinion
Nippa v. Chevron, USA
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 15, 2000No. 99-CA-2953PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
hBAGNERIS, Judge.
This appeal arises out of a suit for damages for personal injuries allegedly sustained by Plaintiff-Appellant, Jeffrey E. Nippa (“Nippa”) due to an accident that occurred while Nippa, an employee of an independent contractor, was working at a facility owned by Defendant-Appellee, Chevron, USA (“Chevron”). In his lawsuit, Nippa contended that Chevron owed him a duty to provide the equipment necessary to do his job safely and that Chevron breached that duty when it failed to provide proper equipment, the lack of which was a cause of Nippa’s injuries.
On October 27, 1998, Chevron…
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