PARKER v. CAPPEL

No. 86-CD-1494.

500 So.2d 771 (1987)

Glenda June PARKER v. Marshall T. CAPPEL, et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Concurring Opinion January 23, 1987.

Rehearing Denied February 12, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Erwin, Dorwin Vizzier, Daniel E. Broussard, Jr., for appellant.

Chris R. Roy, for appellee.


COLE, Justice.

We are presented with the question of whether or not our state constitution's guarantee of equal protection of the law is violated by the Legislature's decision to exclude sheriff's deputies1 from state workers' compensation.

The trial court has declared R.S. 23:1034 B unconstitutional. We find the statute bears a rational relationship to a legitimate state interest, or, put another way, suitably furthers an appropriate...

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