GAUDIN, Judge.
This is an appeal by Fernand P. Ponville, Jr. from a decision of a workmen's compensation hearing officer saying that his claim had prescribed. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.
It is undisputed that Ponville, then 44 years of age and a boilermaker foreman employed by Lou Con, Inc., sustained a compensable injury on October 31, 1988. Suit was not filed until March 23, 1990.
LSA-R.S. 23:1209 governs prescription in workmen...
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