Legal Opinion

Eddens v. Exceptional Client Care, LLC

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided February 26, 2014No. 48,747-WCAPublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGarrett, J.

hMarethea Eddens’ claims against her employer, Exceptional Client Care, LLC, were dismissed with prejudice by the workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) in March 2012. Thereafter, she filed a second disputed claim for compensation based on the same incident. The WCJ granted the employer’s peremptory exception of res judicata. The claimant then filed the instant appeal. We affirm.

FACTS

On April 30, 2010, the claimant filed a disputed claim for compensation (Docket No. 10-03997). She alleged that on September 14, 2009, she was employed as a *786“direct support worker” when she slipped and fell on a…

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