Legal Opinion
Estate of Ehrhardt v. Jefferson Parish Fire Department
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided January 30, 2013No. Nos. 12-CA-319, 12-CA-452PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT M. MURPHY, Judge.
|2The Estate of Branch Ehrhardt (“plaintiff’) and William Ken Hawkins (“in-tervenor”) appeal a judgment rendered by the Office of Workers’ Compensation, District 7, partially granting a peremptory exception of prescription in favor of Jefferson Parish Fire Department (“defendant”) and dismissing all of plaintiffs claims related to the April 7, 2005 “Heart and Lung” claim. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Branch Ehrhardt, claimant, began working for the New Orleans Fire Department (“NOFD”) as a firefighter on October 5, 1969. Mr.…
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