VERONIE v. GARCIA

No. 88-1426.

878 F.2d 347 (1989)

Roy Joseph VERONIE, Plaintiff, and First Southern Insurance Company, Plaintiff-intervenor-Appellant, v. Tony GARCIA, Individually and d/b/a Tony's Paint and Body Shop, Inc., a New Mexico Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 3, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Biehler of Beall, Pelton, O'Brien & Brown, Albuquerque, N.M. (Kevin M. Brown, on the brief), for plaintiff-intervenor-appellant.

Paula J. Cotitta of Dines & McCary, Albuquerque, N.M. (Jim Dines of Dines & McCary, Albuquerque, N.M., with her, on the brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before MOORE, BARRETT, and EBEL, Circuit Judges.


EBEL, Circuit Judge.

The issue presented in this case is whether a Louisiana workers' compensation reimbursement statute, La.Rev.Stat.Ann. 23:1102(C) (1983), violates the due process clause or the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. We find that the statute violates neither clause. We reverse and remand.

FACTS

The facts in this case are undisputed. On September 1, 1983, plaintiff Roy Joseph Veronie...

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