McCONNELL v. GIVENS TIMBER CO., INC.

No. 18892-CA.

511 So.2d 1258 (1987)

Donnie McCONNELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GIVENS TIMBER COMPANY, INC. and Protective Casualty Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

August 19, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruscato, Loomis & Street by C. Daniel Street, Monroe, for plaintiff-appellant.

Culpepper, Teat, Caldwell & Avery by James D. Caldwell, Jonesboro, for defendants-appellees.

Before HALL, FRED W. JONES, Jr. and SEXTON, JJ.


SEXTON, Judge.

This worker's compensation suit brought by Donnie McConnell against his employer, Givens Timber Company, Inc., and its insurer, Protective Casualty Insurance Company, was dismissed on an exception of prematurity due to plaintiff's failure to follow the administrative resolution procedures of the Louisiana Worker's Compensation statutes. We reverse and remand.

Plaintiff's petition alleges that on March 26, 1986, the plaintiff-appellant, Donnie...

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