Hamilton v. State ex rel. Louisiana State University

| /This is an appeal of the dismissal of a workers’ compensation claim based on a finding that the employee’s claim for indemnity benefits had prescribed. For the following reasons, we reverse and remand for a hearing.

According to her disputed claim for compensation benefits, Sylvia Hamilton (Hamilton) was employed by Louisiana State University (LSU) on December 21, 2001, when she fell on newly waxed stairs and was injured. The claim form was filed December 19, 2003. Thereafter, LSU filed a peremptory exception raising the objection of prescription. In June 2004, Hamilton, a pro se litigant,…