Peairs v. Peairs

J^FITZSIMMONS, J.

Defendant, Johnnie S. Peairs, appealed the trial court’s denial of her peremptory exception raising the objection of res judi-cata, and the judgment in favor of her former husband, Jerry Peairs. We amend and affirm.

Mr. and Mrs. Peairs were divorced in 1990. Mr. Peairs became disabled in September of 1993. He applied for disability benefits from his former employer, Gulf States Utilities,1 through the Gulf States Utilities Company Employees’ Trusteed Retirement Plan (plan). On April 29, 1994, he was approved for disability benefits available under the plan. The parties signed…