Legal Opinion
Estate of Bell v. Timber
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 8, 1996No. 28333-CAPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JaSEXTON, Judge.
Rachel Bell, the surviving spouse of Lonnie Bell, appeals a judgment finding that her claim for worker’s compensation death benefits under LSA-R.S. 23:1231(A) had prescribed and that she had no right of action. *285The issue before us is whether the worker’s compensation death benefits law at the time of Bell’s 1978 injury or at the time of his 1993 death applies. We find that the hearing officer erred in applying the 1978 death benefits law. The judgment is reversed and this matter is remanded for further proceedings.
On February 2,1978, Bell was paralyzed in a work-related…
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