Bourg v. Metal Building Products

CANNELLA, Judge.

Plaintiff, Raymond J. Bourg (Bourg), appeals from a judgment in favor of defendants, Metal Building Products, Inc. (Metal Building) and its insurer, United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company (USF & G), sustaining their Exception Of Prescription and dismissing his worker’s compensation claim. For the following reasons, we affirm.

On September 6, 1985, Bourg, employed by Metal Building as a welder, was assisting in the construction of living quarters for an offshore platform. In the course of working, Bourg was injured and sustained, among other things, a fractured hip. USF &…