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McELWEE v. CITY OF BOSSIER CITY

No. 34,345-WCA.

775 So.2d 588 (2000)

Jackie N. McELWEE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF BOSSIER CITY, et al., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Writ Denied March 9, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pettiette, Armand, Dunkelman, Woodley & Byrd by Robert A. Dunkelman, Counsel for Defendant-Appellant, City of Bossier and Midwest Employers Casualty Company.

Mayer, Smith & Roberts by Steven E. Soileau, Counsel for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before NORRIS, C.J., and BROWN and PEATROSS, JJ.

NORRIS, Chief Judge.

The employer, City of Bossier City, appeals a judgment awarding workers' compensation indemnity benefits to the claimant, Joyce McElwee, on behalf of her late husband, Jackie N. McElwee, who had been a Bossier City fireman. Finding that the claim has prescribed, we reverse.

Factual and procedural background

Jackie McElwee was employed by the City of Bossier City as a fire fighter for 30 years; by the late 1980s he was...

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