A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a truck driver could not proceed with a personal injury claim based on an alleged accident at a sugar mill, since he had entered into an agreement acknowledging that he was the defendants’ statutory employee.
Case: Patterson v. Raceland Equipment Co., No. 2017 CA 0703, 04/18/2018, published.
Facts: Raceland Raw Sugar is a mill in Lafourche Parish that contracts out the hauling of sugar cane from the field to the facility.
RRS formed the Raceland Equipment Co. to offer a way for its contractors to obtain affordable workers' compensation insura...
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