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WOLF v. LOUISIANA STATE RACING COM'N

No. 88-C-3064.

545 So.2d 976 (1989)

Cornell WOLF, Kenneth Bourque, Larry Melancon and Charles Woods v. The LOUISIANA STATE RACING COMMISSION and Fair Grounds Corporation d/b/a Fair Grounds Racetrack. consolidated with FAIR GROUNDS CORPORATION v. Cornell WOLF, Kenneth Bourque, Larry Melancon, Charles Woods and Jockey's Guild, Inc.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied September 11, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mack E. Barham, Robert E. Arceneaux, Barham & Assoc., New Orleans, Roger D. Smith, Jackson & Nach, for applicant.

William J. Guste, Jr., John E. Jackson, Jr., William S. Vincent, New Orleans, Robert M. Braiwick, Jr., for respondents.

COLE, Justice.*

The Fair Grounds Corporation required jockeys who race at its track to sign an agreement whereby the track would pay worker's compensation benefits to an injured jockey in exchange for the jockey's waiver of the right to sue the track for its negligence. After the jockeys signed under protest, both the jockeys and the Fair Grounds asked the Louisiana State Racing Commission to...

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