Dupaquier v. City of New Orleans

LeSUEUR, Judge.

Mr. Dupaquier, a retired fireman, was working for the Fire Department of the City of New Orleans in March of 1966 when he suffered a heart attack. He received sick leave benefits pursuant to the applicable statute until October of 1968, when he received a disability pension. This suit for workmen’s compensation benefits was not filed until December 20, 1968.

These facts present, as the first order of business, the question of prescription. *332Pursuant to the decision of this court in Guerrera v. City of New Orleans, La.App., 212 So.2d 223 (4th Cir. 1968), sick leave benefits do…