BROUSSARD v. CITGO PETROLEUM CORP.

No. 02-895.

834 So.2d 1282 (2002)

Phyllis M. BROUSSARD v. CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 30, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Foster DeRosier, DeRosier & Barrett, Lake Charles, LA, for Phyllis M. Broussard.

John Joseph Rabalais, Rabalais, Unland, and Lorio, Covington, LA, for Citgo Petroleum Corporation.

Court composed of JOHN D. SAUNDERS, BILLIE COLOMBARO WOODARD, and MARC T. AMY, Judges.


WOODARD, Judge.

Ms. Broussard appeals the WCJ's grant of Citgo's peremptory exception of prescription of her claim for disability benefits. We find that Ms. Broussard did not carry her burden of proving that prescription was interrupted and therefore affirm the WCJ's ruling.

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Ms. Broussard had worked for Citgo Petroleum Corporation (Citgo) for approximately twenty-one years, when her supervisor told her on April 14, 2000 that she "sure picked...

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