Theriot v. Bay Drilling Corp.

DOUCET, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing the plaintiff’s worker’s compensation claim pursuant to an exception of prescription.

On January 23, 1980, the plaintiff, Eugene Joseph Theriot, was injured in the course and scope of his employment for Oilfield Services of Louisiana, Inc. (Oilfield Services) while working on a drilling barge owned by Bay Drilling Corporation. On March 11, 1981, while still employed in the same manner, the employee again injured his knee. As a result, Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company (Fireman’s Fund), the worker’s compensation insurer of Oilfield…