Stafford v. Dow Chemical Corp.

LEAR, Judge.

This is a suit seeking the enforcement of a settlement agreement allegedly entered into between plaintiff, Maurice Stafford, and defendants, Dow Chemical Corporation and Aetna Life and Casualty Company, in settlement of plaintiff’s workmen’s compensation claim. The trial court sustained defendants’ exception of lis pendens and dismissed plaintiff’s suit. This devolutive appeal followed.

After reviewing this entire record, the briefs of the parties and the relevant jurisprudence, we find that the trial court was correct in the judgment appealed from. The facts and relevant…