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DEGRUISE v. HOUMA COURIER NEWSPAPER CORP.

No. 2000 CA 0229.

815 So.2d 1074 (2002)

Floyd F. DEGRUISE and Della Chiasson Degruise, Individually and on Behalf of Their Children, Trent Degruise and Trevor Degruise v. HOUMA COURIER NEWSPAPER CORPORATION, a New York Times Company, ABC Insurance Company, Diane B. Scott, American National Agents Insurance Company, Federated Rural Electric Insurance Corporation and Louisiana Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

March 28, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert W. Barnes, Houma, for Plaintiffs/Appellees Floyd F. Degruise and Della Chiasson Degruise, individually and on behalf of their children, Trent Degruise and Trevor Degruise.

James E. Diaz, Jr., Gibson-Gruenert, L.L.P., Lafayette, for Intervenor/Appellant Federated Rural Electric Insurance Corporation.

Before: PARRO, FITZSIMMONS, GUIDRY, PETTIGREW, and KLINE, JJ.

PARRO, J.

This appeal involves the determination of the LSA-R.S. 23:1103(A)(1) credit to which an employer is entitled against its future workers' compensation obligation to an employee who recovered damages in a tort suit against a third person.

Factual Background and Procedural History

On December 18, 1990, plaintiff, Floyd Degruise (Degruise) was rear-ended by a vehicle driven by Diane B. Scott (Scott). At the time of the accident, Degruise...

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