Legal Opinion
Zurich American Ins. Co. v. QUEEN'S MACHINERY CO., LTD.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided January 27, 2009No. 08-CA-546PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FREDERICKA HOMBERG WICKER, Judge.
|2This is a workers’ compensation subro-gation proceeding in which the employer’s workers’ compensation insurer seeks to recover from the manufacturer of an extruder the amounts it paid or may pay in workers’ compensation benefits as a result of an alleged workplace accident involving the extruder. The manufacturer filed a reconventional demand 1 against the insurer in which it alleged the following claims: (1) spoliation of evidence; (2) mishandling of the workers’ compensation claim; and, (3) quantum meruit. The trial judge granted the workers’ compensation…
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