Snowton v. Sewerage and Water Bd.

hi respectfully dissent.

LSA-Const. Art. V, § 8(b) provides:

*171A majority of the judges sitting in a ease must concur to render judgment. However, in civil matters only, when a judgment of a district court is to be modified or reversed and one judge dissents, the case shall be reargued before a panel of at least five judges prior to rendition of judgment, and a majority must concur to render judgment. (Emphasis added).

Admittedly, the Office of Workers’ Compensation is not a “district court,” but, rather, an administrative agency. However, in my view, it is necessary to treat workers’ compensation…