Houston General Insurance Co. v. Workmen's Compensation Second Injury Board of the State

PONDER, Judge.

Plaintiff appealed the dismissal of its claim for reimbursement from the Louisiana Workmen’s Compensation Second Injury Board.

The issues on appeal are the ambiguity vel non of La.R.S. 23:1378, exercise of discretion by the Second Injury Board, and plaintiff’s notice of the claim.

We affirm.

Plaintiff provided workmen’s compensation insurance to the state division that employed the claimant, who fractured her right femur on January 5,1976 while working in the course and scope of her employment. It was stipulated that plaintiff made the first payment of weekly compensation on…