Opinion ID: 36018
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Heading: workers’ compensation benefits paid on behalf

Text: In June 2001, Dyson was injured when a of Dyson. After discovery, United States Fire car driven by defendant Kershia Miller crossed moved for partial summary judgment, seeking the median and struck the vehicle Dyson was to resolve the legal liability of Liberty and driving. On the day of the accident, Dyson LWCC, leaving at issue the question of damwas working at the Liberty work site and was ages. United States Fire argued that Dyson en route to pick up time sheets for Liberty’s was a “borrowed employee” of Liberty’s at the off-shore employees. There is no dispute that time of the accident. Under LA. REV. STAT. Dyson was acting within the course and scope § 23:1031(C), if United States Fire establishes of his employment when the accident that Dyson was a borrowed employee, United occurred. States Fire is entitled to seek contribution for one-half of the amount of workers’ Dyson then filed a claim for workers’ com- compensation benefits it has paid. See pensation benefits through his nominal Travelers Ins. Co. v. Paramount Drilling Co., employer, Seacor, which then requested cov- 395 So. 2d 849, 851-52 (La. App. 2d Cir. erage from its workers’ compensation carrier, 1981). The district court granted the motion, 2 finding that Dyson was a borrowed or special (4) Did the employee acquiesce in the new employee of Liberty at the time of the work situation? accident. (5) Did the original employer terminate his