Robicheaux v. Lafayette OB/GYN Clinic

JOSEPH E. COREIL, Judge Pro Tem.

Elaine Robicheaux, who allegedly sustained a work-related eye injury, instituted this worker’s compensation suit against her employer, the Lafayette OB/GYN Clinic, and its worker’s compensation insurer, St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Company. The worker's compensation hearing officer found that the two-year prescriptive period provided for in La.R.S. 23:1209 A was not applicable to Ms. Robicheaux’s claim. Instead, the hearing officer found that Ms. Robicheaux’s claim is controlled by the one-year provision of La.R.S. 23:1209 A which was interrupted because Ms.…