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WATKINS v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORP.

No. 84-CA-41.

458 So.2d 212 (1984)

James WATKINS v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORPORATION et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

October 11, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M.H. Gertler, Gertler & Gertler, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

William H. Howard, III, Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Before CURRAULT, GAUDIN and DUFRESNE, JJ.

CURRAULT, Judge.

Plaintiff, James Watkins, appeals a judgment granting an exception of res judicata filed by defendant, IMCO Services (IMCO) in a tort suit. The exception was granted based on a previous settlement and compromise which undisputedly disposed of plaintiff's worker's compensation suit.

The facts reveal that plaintiff was employed by IMCO, a division of Halliburton Company, from 1960 until 1980. In a worker's compensation suit filed on August...

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