MARTIN v. HOLZER SHEET METAL WORKS, INC.

No. 64565.

376 So.2d 500 (1979)

Albert MARTIN, Sr. v. HOLZER SHEET METAL WORKS, INC. and Argonaut Insurance Companies.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 8, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlos E. Lazarus, Jr., Houma, counsel for defendants-respondents.

John P. Campbell, III, New Orleans, counsel for plaintiff-applicant.


DENNIS, Justice.

In this workmen's compensation case we are called upon to decide whether oral consent to judgment in open court by the employer's attorney constitutes a confession of judgment in trial court proceedings which precludes an appeal under Article 2085 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The court of appeal refused to dismiss the employer's appeal, concluding that the parties must reduce their agreement to writing before a consent judgment may be entered;...

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