Jeanell Hollie Lalonde v. Associated Pipeline Contractors, Inc.

Appellant challenges the District Court’s summary judgment denying Louisiana workmen’s compensation benefits to her four minor children as a matter of state law. We affirm the District Court’s summary judgment in favor of Appellee on the issue of Appellant’s right to recover benefits as a matter of state law, however, we vacate and remand for reconsideration and further development of the record on the question of whether the law as authoritatively construed by the Courts of Louisiana constitutes a denial of equal protection of the laws under the Fourteenth Amendment.

Appellant’s former…