BURLEIGH v. ARGONAUT INS. CO.

No. 5946.

347 So.2d 13 (1977)

Jo Ann S. BURLEIGH, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ARGONAUT INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Defendant and Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 24, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vance R. Andrus, Lafayette, for plaintiff and appellant.

Allen, Gooch & Bourgeois by Paul J. Breaux, Lafayette, for defendant and appellee.

Before HOOD, CULPEPPER and STOKER, JJ.


CULPEPPER, Judge.

In this workmen's compensation case the trial judge sustained defendant's exception of prescription and dismissed plaintiff's suit. Plaintiff appealed.

The issue is whether plaintiff's injury "developed" within one year prior to the time she filed this suit.

The facts, as alleged in plaintiff's petition, and as shown by her testimony at the hearing on the exception of prescription, are that plaintiff was employed as a practical nurse...

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