Legal Opinion
Mitchell v. Abernathy
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 15, 2002No. 2000 CA 2375PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
| ¡PARRO, J.
The State, through the Department of Public Safety and Corrections (DPSC), appeals the dismissal of its workers’ compensation intervention in the tort suit of its employee. For the following reasons, the judgment of the trial court is reversed, and this matter is remanded for further proceedings.
Factual Background and Procedural History
On December 5, 1997, Jan Mitchell (Mitchell) was in the course and scope of her employment with DPSC, Office of Motor Vehicles, when she was injured while riding as a passenger in a.vehicle driven by the minor daughter of James Abernathy…
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