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WILLAMETTE IND. v. LA. WORKER'S COMP. S.I.F.

No. 86-331.

503 So.2d 1156 (1987)

WILLAMETTE INDUSTRIES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The LOUISIANA WORKER'S COMPENSATION SECOND INJURY FUND, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

March 4, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Yolanda R. Johnson, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

Brittain and Williams, Joe Payne Williams, Natchitoches, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before DOUCET, YELVERTON and CULPEPPER, JJ.

YELVERTON, Judge.

The issue presented by this appeal is whether the Louisiana Worker's Compensation Second Injury Board abused its discretion in refusing to extend the filing period for filing a claim for reimbursement of benefits pursuant to R.S. 23:1378(B).

The petitioner, Willamette Industries, Inc., was the employer of Morris G. Williams, who worked in the petitioner's Natchitoches mill. Williams injured his spine for the first time in November 1977, an...

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