Godfrey v. John L. Vaccaro & Associates, Inc.

CHIASSON, Judge.

This workmen’s compensation suit involves the determination of who is the plaintiff’s statutory employer and any rights the statutory employer may have against third parties. Plaintiff-appellee, Charlie Godfrey, sued only John L. Vaccaro and Associates and Rockwood Insurance Company, its workmen’s compensation insurer, for workmen’s compensation benefits contending that Vaccaro was his statutory employer. Both defendants third partied Louisiana Southern Forest Products, Inc. (Southern), its workmen’s compensation insurer, Southern Casualty Insurance Company, and Robert Willis…