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SWEARINGEN v. AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICAL, INC.

No. 85-C-0947.

481 So.2d 122 (1986)

John SWEARINGEN v. AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICAL, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 13, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon R. Crawford, C. William Gerhardt & Associates, Gonzales, for plaintiff-applicant.

Kenneth E. Barnette, Dan Reed, Seale, Smith & Phelps, Baton Rouge, for defendant-respondent.

DENNIS, Justice.

Under the Worker's Compensation Act, when an employee's disability does not develop immediately after an accident, the limitation on filing suit is one year from the time the disability develops (except that no suit may be brought more than two years after the accident). In this case the trial and appellate courts concluded that the employee's suit was untimely because it was filed over one year after he quit work because of his injury. We granted...

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