HOLMES v. J.E. MERIT CONSTRUCTORS, INC.

No. 97-553.

702 So.2d 1126 (1997)

Willie HOLMES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. J.E. MERIT CONSTRUCTORS, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

October 29, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacque Berchmans Pucheu, Jr., Eunice, for Willie Holmes.

Kirk Lindsay Landry, Baton Rouge, for J.E. Merit Constructors, Inc.

Before SAUNDERS, PETERS and AMY, JJ.


PETERS, Judge.

Willie Holmes appeals a judgment denying his claim for workers' compensation and medical benefits on the basis that he failed to timely notify his employer, J.E. Merit Constructors, Inc., of injuries he sustained in a work-related accident. The employer has answered the appeal, contending that the workers' compensation judge should not have rejected an additional ground for denying benefits.

DISCUSSION OF THE RECORD

Willie Holmes filed...

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