Legal Opinion
Ruffin v. Blue Plate Foods
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided March 24, 1947No. 18624PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
This is a suit for workmen's compensation. It was dismissed in the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans on pleas of prescription of one and two years. Plaintiff has appealed.
According to plaintiff's petition, she was injured in an accident on March 19, 1942. She alleges that on that day she "slipped and fell, and as a result thereof fractured the patella of her left leg." This suit against the present defendant, Blue Plate Foods, Incorporated, was filed on April 13, 1945.
Defendant filed pleas of prescription of one and two years, and at the same time an exception of no cause of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Jackson v. American Employers' Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1942
- Lunkin v. Triangle Farms, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1945
- Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. St. Louis, I. M. & S. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1906
- New Orleans Industrial Canal Land & Harbor Development Co. v. KohlerLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1933
- Bowerman v. Pacific Employers Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1946
3Cited by1 opinion
- Lushute v. DiesiLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1977