Mayeaux v. Capital Island Construction Co.

11 DAVID S. GORBATY, Judge.

Plaintiff Troy Mayeaux was employed by Capital Inland Construction Company (Capital), a temporary labor services agency in Chalmette. Capital sent him to a job at Container Enterprises or Containerent. On July 7, 2000, Mayeaux filed a Disputed Claim for Compensation in which he alleged that while welding on July 9, 1999, a welding bead fell into his ear. The injury required surgery to extract the bead. Capital filed an exception of prescription to the claim for compensation. The workers’ compensation judge maintained the exception, and plaintiff appealed.

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