WESTERN SOUTHERN v. LAFLEUR

No. 99-810.

746 So.2d 254 (1999)

WESTERN SOUTHERN, Plaintiff/Employer-Appellant, v. Don W. LAFLEUR, Defendant/Employee-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Denied February 4, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Joseph Rabalais, Covington, for Western Southern.

Kevin L. Camel, Lake Charles, for Don W. Lafleur.

Before DOUCET, C.J., PETERS, and SULLIVAN, JJ.


DOUCET, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff-Employer, Western Southern Life Insurance Company (Western), appeals a decision by an Office of Workers' Compensation (OWC) judge finding Defendant, Don W. Lafleur, Western's employee, to be the "Claimant" in the dispute and, as such, entitled to chose the venue in which the proceeding will be held.

At the outset we note that this is an appeal from the granting of a motion to change venue. Such a ruling is interlocutory in nature...

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