BAKER v. PAYNE & KELLER OF LA., INC.

No. 67437.

390 So.2d 1272 (1980)

Frances Mathews BAKER v. PAYNE AND KELLER OF LOUISIANA, INC., Georgia Pacific, Inc., Maryland Casualty Company et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied December 15, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice D. Robinson, Jr., Kopfler, Robinson & Moody, Hammond, for plaintiff-applicant.

John S. White, Jr., Kennon, White & Odom, David W. Robinson, Watson, Blanche, Wilson & Posner, W. S. McKenzie, Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, Horace C. Lane, Lane & Clesi, Felix R. Weil, Baton Rouge, for defendants-respondents.


DIXON, Chief Justice.

This wrongful death action was brought against several defendants,1 including Payne and Keller and Maryland Casualty Company, the decedent's employer and the employer's insurer. Both excepted, arguing that plaintiff's exclusive remedy, as to them, was under the workmen's compensation act. (Plaintiff was receiving workmen's compensation benefits; Maryland later intervened to recover them if plaintiff's suit should...

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