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ROSS v. HIGHLANDS INS. CO.

No. 91-CC-0980.

590 So.2d 1177 (1991)

Lynn Rogers ROSS v. HIGHLANDS INSURANCE COMPANY and Louisiana Paving Company.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied January 9, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerard G. Thomas, Jr., Robert Charles Clayton Thomas, Thomas, Dunahoe & Thomas, for applicant.

Steven D. Crews, Watson, Murchison, Crews & Arthur, Richard J. Serpe, for respondent.

Lorraine A. Dupont, counsel for La. Dept. of Employment & Training, Office of Worker's Compensation, amicus curiae.

COLE, Justice.

The first issue presented by this worker's compensation case is whether the petition filed in district court by the plaintiff is a "new claim" or a suit for enforcement of a prior judgment. Because we find it is the latter, this Court must next decide whether the 1988 amendments to the Worker's Compensation Act divest a district court of its subject matter jurisdiction to enforce its own judgments.

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