Legal Opinion
Nguyen v. Lengsfield Bros., Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided July 19, 1982No. 12643PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REDMANN, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff in this workers’ compensation case appeals from a judgment ordering that “the consent judgment of settlement verbally approved by the Court ... is to be given full force and effect” and denying plaintiff’s motion to set aside his earlier verbal consent in the presence of the judge. The question is whether the settlement had already become binding before plaintiff moved to withdraw his consent although no joint petition had been filed to approve the settlement and no judgment had been signed.
The case had been set for trial on the merits on March 25, 1980. A…
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- Whitaker v. Church's Fried Chicken, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
- Bourgeois v. FranklinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
- Martin v. Holzer Sheet Metal Works, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
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