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KINDLE v. CUDD PRESSURE CONTROL, INC.

No. 85-4398.

792 F.2d 507 (1986)

William Martin KINDLE and Murline Kindle, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CUDD PRESSURE CONTROL, INC., and National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa., Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 20, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Alston Johnson, III, Baton Rouge, La., and Kim Hanson LaVigne, Mayer, Smith & Roberts, Shreveport, La., for defendants-appellants.

James R. Dawson, Miller, Dawson & Askew, Shreveport, La., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before POLITZ, HIGGINBOTHAM, and JONES, Circuit Judges.

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

In this diversity case, we must determine the scope and effect of Acts 1980, No. 509, amending La.R.S. 23:1231,1 a section of the Louisiana Worker's Compensation Law establishing compensation payments for work-related deaths. This is a case of first impression. Considering the express language of the amending Act, in light of the jurisprudential development of the Louisiana...

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