United States Fifth Circuit
HATHCOCK v. ACME TRUCK LINES, INC., 00-20810
When the owner of a truck chooses to drive the truck leased to a company, he becomes an employee of the company regardless of his relationship as lessor of the truck.
Appellate Information
- Decided 09/06/2001
- Published 09/06/2001
Judges
- WIENER, Circuit Judge:, Before JOLLY, SMITH, and WIENER, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Fifth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Richard Neill Countiss (argued), Law Office of Richard N. Countiss, Herbert Tobias Schwartz, Williams Bailey Law Firm, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Ellis B. Murov (argued), Charles Frederick Seemann, III, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, LA, M. David Frock (argued), Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.