JONES v. NORTHLAKE DISPOSAL SERVICES, CO.

No. 2002 CA 0076, 2002 CA 0077.

836 So.2d 1140 (2002)

Precious JONES, Individually and on behalf of Her Minor Children, Melvin Jones, III and Michael Jones and Tonya Bickham on behalf of Her Minor Child, Jonathan Lewis v. NORTHLAKE DISPOSAL SERVICES, CO. Jonathan Lewis (Estate of Melvin Jones) v. Northlake Disposal Services, Co.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

December 31, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henri M. Saunders, Baton Rouge, for Appellants Plaintiffs Precious Jones, et al.

Stephen W. Brooks, Jr., William G. Tabb, III, Covington, for Appellee Defendant Northshore Disposal Services Co.

John Berry, River Ridge, for Appellee Defendant Mary Parker Jones.

Before: FOIL, FOGG and KLINE, JJ.


FOIL, J.

This workers' compensation matter involves the disputed claims of two women who are seeking death benefits on behalf of their minor children. On appeal, they challenge the judgment of the Workers' Compensation Judge denying their motion to nullify two prior judgments awarding death benefits to the decedent's mother and granting the defendant employer's peremptory exception of res judicata. For the reasons that follow, the judgment sustaining the exception...

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