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TOTTY v. DRAVO CORP.

No. 8722.

413 So.2d 684 (1982)

Delbert TOTTY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DRAVO CORPORATION, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

April 14, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwins & Royer, Inc., Layne Royer, Baton Rouge, and Young & Burson, H. Kent Aguillard, Eunice, for plaintiff-appellant.

Landry, Watkins & Bonin, Anne G. Stevens, New Iberia, for defendants-appellees.

Before DOMENGEAUX, FORET and LABORDE, JJ.

LABORDE, Judge.

In this suit for workmen's compensation benefits, the trial court sustained defendants' exception of prescription and dismissed plaintiff's suit. Plaintiff appeals. We reverse.

The determinative issue on appeal is whether the filing of a compensation claim with the Illinois Industrial Commission, as required by Illinois law, interrupts the running of prescription in Louisiana. We hold that it does...

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