Legal Opinion
Gales v. Whole Food Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 22, 2015No. 2013-CA-1492PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOY COSSICH LOBRANO, Judge.
|, Claimant, Malord Gales, appeals the July 15, 2013 judgment of the Office of Workers’ Compensation (“OWC”) granting the exception of prematurity filed by defendant, Whole Food Company, Inc., and dismissing claimant’s lawsuit with prejudice.
On November 15, 2001, claimant was shot while in the course and scope of his employment with the defendant, and has remained in a permanent vegetative state since that time. His mother, Dolter Gales, *1053is his caretaker and acts for him as his curatrix.
On April 26, 2013, claimant filed a disputed claim for compensation (Form…
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