SAMPSON v. WENDY'S MANAGEMENT, INC.

No. 91-CC-1281.

593 So.2d 336 (1992)

Jacqueline SAMPSON v. WENDY'S MANAGEMENT, INC.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 17, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert William Block, Jr., West Monroe, for applicant.

Robert McCullere Baldwin, Hudson, Potts & Bernstein, Monroe, for respondent.


HALL, Justice.

The issue before us concerns whether district courts have been divested of jurisdiction of the cause of action for retaliatory discharge created by LSA-R.S. 23:1361 by reason of the 1990 amendment to LSA-Const. Art. V, § 16. LSA-R.S. 23:1361 imposes civil penalties on an employer for discharging or refusing employment to an employee or applicant because of the prior assertion of a claim for worker's compensation benefits. The constitutional amendment...

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