[B]Date Decided[/B]: May 13th, 2010
[B]Decided By[/B]: Louisiana Western District Court (federal)
[B]Court[/B]: U.S.D.C. W.D. Louisiana
[B]Citation[/B]: Robertson v. W&T Offshore, Inc. and Baker 2010 WL 1956706 (W.D.LA. 2010)
[B]Background[/B]:
Robertson worked as acook and steward aboard an oil and gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico. He brought a negligence action against theowner-operator and supervisor of the platform, Raymond Chatelain, alleging thathis slip and fall was a result from a liquid left on the deck of theplatform. The defendants moved forsummary judgment on Robertson’s claims. W&T moved for summary judgment arguing that Robertson was a borrowedemployee and as a result the plaintiff’s remedies are limited to the LHWCAbecause under the law W&T is tort immune. Baker moved for summary judgment arguing that Mr. Chatelain andRobertson were co-employees and as such under the LHWCA Baker is immune fromtort for the negligence of Mr. Chatelain. Read More…