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EDWARDS v. SAWYER INDUS. PLASTICS, INC.

No. 26320-CA.

647 So.2d 449 (1994)

Jack EDWARDS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SAWYER INDUSTRIAL PLASTICS, INC., et al., Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

December 7, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mills, Timmons & Flowers by William T. Allison, Shreveport, for appellant.

Theus, Grisham, Davis & Leigh by James Edwards, Monroe, for appellee.

Before VICTORY and STEWART, JJ., and PRICE, J. Pro Tem.

STEWART, Judge.

At issue in this workers' compensation claim is whether the employee's notification of his claim by letter to the employer was sufficient to interrupt the prescriptive period of LSA-R.S. 23:1031.1(E) concerning occupational diseases. Workers' compensation statutes are to be interpreted liberally in the employee's favor. The Hearing Officer (WCHO) erred in sustaining the exception of prescription. The judgment is reversed and the matter is remanded...

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