DAUGHDRILL v. TENNECO OIL

No. 88-CA-0240.

529 So.2d 104 (1988)

Donald G. DAUGHDRILL v. TENNECO OIL and the Travelers Insurance Co.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

July 12, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan G. Bouterie, J. Van Robichaux, Jr., Chalmette, for plaintiff.

Poindexter & Bowers, Dale W. Poindexter, New Orleans, for defendants.

Before GULOTTA, C.J., and GARRISON and PLOTKIN, JJ.


GULOTTA, Chief Judge.

In this worker's compensation case, defendants appeal from the trial judge's ex parte amendment of his written judgment disposing of several dilatory and peremptory exceptions. Because we conclude the trial judge had no authority to change the substance of his earlier ruling without a timely filed motion for a new trial, we reverse and set aside the amended judgment and reinstate the original judgment.

Plaintiff filed a petition for worker...

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