RAGSDALE v. COMMERCIAL UNION INS. CO.

No. 14351.

391 So.2d 920 (1980)

M. G. RAGSDALE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COMMERCIAL UNION INSURANCE COMPANY and Temp Construction Company, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

December 2, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. Henry Sanders, Jena, for plaintiff-appellant.

Kostelka, Swearingen & Street by C. Daniel Street, Monroe, for defendants-appellees.

Before MARVIN, JASPER E. JONES and FRED W. JONES, Jr., JJ.


MARVIN, Judge.

The employee appeals a judgment dismissing his worker's compensation action on an exception of prematurity. LRS 23:1314. We affirm.

This section effectively states that when the employee's allegations-that he has not been paid compensation benefits and that the employer has refused to pay-are shown by the employer to be without reasonable cause or foundation in fact, the employee's petition shall be dismissed. The purpose of these provisions...

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