Legal Opinion
Patton v. Silvey Companies
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 2, 1981No. 80-C-1874PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
395 So.2d 722 (1981)
S. J. PATTON
v.
SILVEY COMPANIES and Palmer-Jones Timber Company, Inc.
No. 80-C-1874.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
March 2, 1981.
Robert C. Lowther, Jr., Lowther & Boone, Many, for plaintiff-applicant.
Joseph Payne Williams, Brittain & Williams, Natchitoches, for defendant-respondent.
CALOGERO, Justice.
This lawsuit presents a pair of issues, the first being whether a workman's compensation lawsuit is premature if brought one week after the discontinuance of compensation payments and without the claimant's prior demand to have compensation payments resumed, where the insurer in…
Also in this document: Dissent · Marcus; Dissent · Watson.
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Jack v. Fidelity & Casualty Company of New YorkLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1975
- Braddy v. Triangle Timber, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1977
- Patton v. Silvey CompaniesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1980
3Cited by17 opinions
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- Guillory v. US Fidelity & Guar. Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
- Belt v. STATE EX REL. LA. BD. OF COSMETOLOGY, COMMERCE DEPT.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1986
- Fredericks v. Associated Indem. Corp.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1981
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