WALKER v. PARISH OF JEFFERSON

No. 93-CA-784.

631 So.2d 1382 (1994)

Willie WALKER, v. PARISH OF JEFFERSON.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

February 9, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Taylor, Donna Bramlett Wood, Hoffman, Sutterfield, Ensenat & Bankston, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

William R. Mustian, III, Metairie, for plaintiff-appellant.

BOWES, GAUDIN and GRISBAUM, JJ.


GAUDIN, Judge.

The primary issue in this litigation is whether the provisions of LSA-R.S. 23:1225(C)(1), as amended in 1989 by Act 454, should be applied retroactively.

A judgment from the Office of Workers' Compensation, District 7, citing and relying on Behmke v. K-Mart Corporation, 581 So.2d 291 (La.App. 5th Cir.1991), held that the changes brought on by the 1989 amendment (which became effective January 1, 1990...

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