Long v. Insurance Co. of North America

WRIT GRANTED AND MADE PEREMPTORY:

The trial court erred in overruling relator’s exception of lack of subject matter jurisdiction and in granting respondent’s request for a preliminary injunction enjoining further proceedings before the Office of Worker’s Compensation. At the time suit was instituted, the law in effect provided for disposition of worker’s compensation claims by administrative hearing officers. La.R.S. 23:1310.3 Although the Supreme Court on September 6, 1990, declared the administrative hearing officer system unconstitutional, Moore v. Roemer, 567 So.2d 75 (La.1990), the…