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CORTINAS v. HIGHWAY TRANSPORT, INC.

No. 01-CA-725.

807 So.2d 940 (2002)

Joy CORTINAS, Individually and on Behalf of her Minor Son, Edward Michael Cortinas v. HIGHWAY TRANSPORT, INC., and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

January 15, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deana D. Palmisano, Appeal Counsel, Sessions, Fishman & Nathan, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, Attorney for Appellants, Joy Cortinas, individually and on behalf of her minor son, Edward Michael Cortinas.

Thomas J. Eppling, Appeal Counsel, Staines & Eppling, Lance E. Harwell, Metairie, LA, Attorney for Appellees, Highway Transport, Inc. and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.

Panel composed of Judges SOL GOTHARD, JAMES L. CANNELLA and SUSAN M. CHEHARDY.

JAMES L. CANNELLA, Judge.

In a workers' compensation case, Plaintiff, Joy Cortinas, individually and on behalf of her minor son, Edward Cortinas, appeals from a summary judgment dismissing her action against Defendant, Highway Transport, Inc. for the death of her husband, Edward Cortinas. We affirm.

The decedent was employed by Defendant as a long-distance truck driver. On August 16, 1999, he left the facility in Reserve, Louisiana for St. Louis, Missouri...

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