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

GEE, Circuit Judge:

This appeal concerns whether the worker’s compensation benefits afforded an injured employee by the Louisiana compensation plan are the exclusive remedy against his employer for his spouse’s loss of consortium or whether the spouse has an independent cause of action for that loss which she can maintain against the employer despite the exclusivity provisions of the Louisiana plan. Appellant, the spouse of an injured worker receiving compensation, suffered dismissal of her suit for such a loss and appealed to us. Finding no clear guidance in Louisiana authority, and…