WILLIE v. ALLEN

No. 85 CW 0558.

479 So.2d 637 (1985)

Eddie J. WILLIE v. Gerald ALLEN, George Fournet Construction, and State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

November 19, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Cloos, III, New Orleans, for plaintiff.

Denis Paul Juge, New Orleans, for defendant.

Before CARTER, SAVOIE and ALFORD, JJ.


CARTER, Judge.

The sole issue is whether the district court abused its discretion in refusing to permit the appellant, Eddie J. Willie, the right to prosecute his appeal in forma pauperis from the judgment in a worker's compensation action.

On November 2, 1983, Willie filed a suit for worker's compensation benefits for injuries he received while in the course and scope of his employment as a carpenter for Gerald Allen. At the time of the accident, Allen was...

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