Ancor v. Belden Concrete Products, Inc.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
SANDERS, Justice.
The plaintiff, Carlie Ancor, brought this workmen’s compensation suit for permanent and total disability, based on the loss of sight in his right eye more than two years after a work-connected accident. The Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans held that the action was barred by the two-year prescriptive period of LSA-R.S. 23 :1209 and dismissed the suit. The Court of Appeal affirmed, upholding the constitutionality of the prescriptive statute. 239 So.2d 431. On application of the plaintiff, based primarily on the constitutional question, we granted certiorari to…
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2Cases cited29 opinions
- New York Central Railroad Company v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Guillory v. Avoyelles Railway Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1900
- Pillsbury v. United Engineering Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Wallace v. Remington Rand, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1956
- Guderian v. Sterling Sugar & Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
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- Nini v. Sanford Brothers, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
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