Legal Opinion
Fite v. Louisiana Title Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 27, 2003No. 2002-C-2607PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
852 So.2d 983 (2003)
Kenda FITE
v.
LOUISIANA TITLE COMPANY.
No. 2002-C-2607.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
June 27, 2003.
2Per curiam
Granted. The court of appeal erred in holding that expert testimony is required to support a hearing officer's finding of an occupational disease. The court further erred by failing to consider evidence that was erroneously concluded to be not properly admitted into evidence at trial.
Citing as support for the premise that an expert must testify at the compensation hearing, the CA cites Hymes v. Monroe Mack Sales, 682 So.2d 871 (La. App. 2nd Cir.1996); Price v. City of New Orleans,…
3Cases cited6 opinions
- Bruno v. Harbert Intern. Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1992
- Virgil v. American Guar. & Liability Ins.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1987
- Price v. City of New OrleansLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1996
- Hymes v. Monroe MacK SalesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1996
- Picard v. Dynamic Offshore ContractorsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1993
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4Cited by20 opinions
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- Peters v. General Motors Corp.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2005
- Fite v. Louisiana Title Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2003
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