Seaman v. Jimes

hKen Seaman appeals a judgment dismissing his workers’ compensation claim as prescribed. We affirm.

Factual and Procedural Background

Seaman was employed as a drywall finisher at an average weekly wage of $400.02, for a compensation rate of $266.68. On October 26, 2006, he and his employer, D.E. Jimes, were working in a new house on Summerville Drive in the Twelve Oaks Subdivision in southeast Shreveport. Another contractor had previously hung the drywall in the game room, which was located over the garage; Seaman and Jimes came in later to finish it. Someone had laid a sheet of drywall over an…