Beryl T. Minvielle v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation and Kaiser Aluminum Exploration Company

GEE, Circuit Judge:

CERTIFICATE FROM THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT TO THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA PURSUANT TO RULE 12, LOUISIANA SUPREME COURT RULES

This appeal, apparently of first impression in any state or federal appellate court, concerns an important issue of Louisiana jurisprudence: whether the worker’s compensation benefits afforded an injured employee against his employer by the Louisiana compensation program are the exclusive remedy for his spouse’s loss of consortium, or whether the spouse has an independent cause of action against the employer for that…