Poutre v. Bee Gee Shrimp

BENTON, Judge.

We have for review an order entered by a judge of compensation claims intended to dispose finally of claims Muriel Poutre has made for workers’ compensation benefits. The order under review also refused to allow the filing of petitions for benefits that the order treats as unauthorized and untimely amendments to an earlier (the third amended, dated August 16, 1995) petition for benefits. On grounds it lacked the requisite specificity, the third amended petition had been dismissed on September 22, 1995, without prejudice to refiling within twenty days.

Instead of filing a fourth…