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GATLIN v. COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

No. 02-CA-32.

818 So.2d 801 (2002)

Dwayne GATLIN v. COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

April 30, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher J. Bruno, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Robert Markle, Richard B. Eason II, Stefini Weckwerth, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellee.

(Panel composed of Judges EDWARD A. DUFRESNE, Jr., THOMAS F. DALEY and WALTER J. ROTHSCHILD).

DUFRESNE, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by Dwayne Gatlin from a judgment sustaining an exception of prescription urged by Cox Communications, Inc. in this workers' compensation case. For the following reasons we vacate that judgment and remand the matter to the Office of Workers' Compensation for further proceedings.

The pertinent facts are straightforward. Gatlin was employed by Cox on January 9, 1999, when a utility pole he was climbing broke and fell....

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