Rainey v. Entergy Gulf States, Inc.

KNOLL, Justice. *

| jThis writ concerns whether the affirmative defense of statutory employer tort immunity can be urged when the written contract providing for this relationship was not hand-signed by the principal, but was hand-signed only by the contractor.

Plaintiff, Vera Rainey, an employee of the contractor, ABB C-E Services, Inc. (ABB) was injured in the course of her employment at the business of the principal, Entergy Gulf States, Inc. (Entergy) at its Willow Glen power plant. She filed a tort suit against Entergy, which was eventually met with the affirmative defense of statutory…