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WHITTINGTON v. LANGSTON DRILLING CO.

No. 26001-CA.

643 So.2d 336 (1994)

Carl WHITTINGTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LANGSTON DRILLING CO., INC., Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

September 21, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Goodwin, Turnage & John by John D. Goodwin, Shreveport, for appellant.

Bodenheimer, Jones, Klotz & Simmons by Claude W. Bookter, Jr., Shreveport, for appellee.

Before LINDSAY and HIGHTOWER, JJ., and WESTERFIELD, J. Pro Tem.

WESTERFIELD, Judge Pro Tem.

Employee brought a breach of contract suit against his employer for failing to approve a $46,000 lump-sum settlement of a workers' compensation claim agreed upon by employee and employer's workers' compensation insurer. Employee also challenged the constitutionality of that part of LSA-R.S. 23:1271 requiring employer approval of lump-sum settlements. The trial court sustained employer's declinatory exception of lack of subject matter jurisdiction...

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