Staffing Co. Employee Can't Pursue Tort Claim for Injury Sustained 2 Hours Into Gig

A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a labor staffing company’s employee could not proceed with a tort suit against her borrowing employer and its worker for an injury she allegedly suffered within hours of starting her assignment. Case: Bourque v. Tony Chachere's Creole Foods of Opelousas Inc., No. 20-371, 10/28/2020, published. Facts: Crystal Bourque worked for FC Staffing Inc., a labor staffing company. FC sent her to work at a warehouse owned by Tony Chachere's Creole Foods of Opelousas Inc. On her first day at the warehouse, Bourque claimed she suffered a...