Legal Opinion
Fontenot v. Houston General Insurance Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 10, 1985No. 84-278PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FORET, Judge.
This is a worker’s compensation action brought by claimant, Alcee Fontenot, *79against defendants, the State of Louisiana, Through the Department of Highways, and its worker’s compensation carrier, Houston G'eneral Insurance Company.1 Defendants filed a peremptory exception of prescription. The trial court granted the exception with respect to compensation benefits, but denied it with respect to medical benefits, holding that defendants were estopped from interposing a plea of prescription to this claim. After trial on the merits, the court awarded plaintiff past medical benefits of…
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- Landry v. FergusonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
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