COLBERT v. LOUISIANA STATE DENTAL SCHOOL

No. CA-0692.

436 So.2d 665 (1983)

Labertha COLBERT v. LOUISIANA STATE DENTAL SCHOOL and Underwriters Adjusting Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Granted October 28, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman Mopsik, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Mary H. Thompson, Baton Rouge, Felix R. Weill, Baton Rouge, for defendants-appellees.

Before GULOTTA, GARRISON and KLEES, JJ.


GULOTTA, Judge.

In this worker's compensation case, we are confronted with the question whether an oral settlement dictated into the record is binding against a plaintiff who subsequently refused to execute written settlement documents.

Plaintiff filed suit for total and permanent disability arising from her work-related back injury. On the date the case was scheduled for trial, the following discussion among the judge and counsel ensued:

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