Elkins v. Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry

11 STEWART, J.

The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (“LDAF”) appeals a default judgment entered on behalf of Wanda Elkins (“Elkins”) in this workers’ compensation matter. Finding that the plaintiff failed to properly serve the defendant, we reverse.

FACTS

Wanda Elkins was a trapper for the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry. This job required her to drive a four wheeler and place traps for boll weevils in cotton fields in Northeast Louisiana. She would later return to these traps, clean them and record the number of boll weevils caught. On May 22, 2001, Elkins was…