Owens v. H & L Enterprises

CHEHARDY, Judge.

Plaintiff, Chris Owens, has appealed a judgment dismissing his workmen’s compensation suit on an exception of prescription. We affirm.

On the face of the petition, his cause of action has prescribed. He alleges that while in the employ of H & L Enterprises on January 16, 1978 he wrenched his back while lifting a pump and reported the incident to his employer that same day. On February 6, 1978, he told his foreman he was quitting the job because his back hurt. On March 20, 1978, his condition was diagnosed as “ruptured discs” for which he un*877derwent surgery at an undisclosed…