Cawley v. United Parcel Service, Inc.

BOUTALL, Judge.

We granted certiorari to determine the validity of a judgment overruling an exception of prematurity.

*14Plaintiff Kevin S. Cawley filed a petition for worker’s compensation on August 6, 1984 alleging injuries as a result of an accident on October 31, 1983. The defendant filed an exception of prematurity based upon failure to first submit the claim to the office of Worker’s Compensation Administration created by Act No. 1 of the first extra session of 1983, effective July 1, 1983. (R.S. 23:1291 et seq.) Specifically, exceptor points out that the claimant does not follow the…