Legal Opinion
Safford v. Hammerman & Gainer International, Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided July 20, 2016No. 2016-CA-0209PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSEMARY LEDET, Judge.
|, This is a workers’ compensation case. The claimant, Floyd Safford, appeals from the November 4, 2015 judgment of the Workers’ Compensation Judge (“WCJ”) granting the exception of prescription filed by the defendant, the New Orleans Fire Department (“NOFD”), and dismissing with prejudice the claimant’s claim for, indemnity benefits under the Heart and Lung Act, La. R.S. 33:2581. 1For the reasons that follow, we reverse and remand.
1 ¡TACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Given the sole issue presented in this case is prescription, we present the factual and procedural…
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