LANTHIER v. FAMILY DOLLAR STORE

No. 02-0429.

848 So.2d 605 (2003)

Nadine LANTHIER v. FAMILY DOLLAR STORE.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

January 8, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael B. Miller, Post Office Drawer, Crowley, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant, Nadine Lanthier.

Azelie Ziegler Shelby, Ungarino & Eckert, L.L.C., Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Family Dollar Store.

Before the Court En Banc: NED E. DOUCET, JR., Chief Judge, HENRY L. YELVERTON, ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, SYLVIA R. COOKS, JOHN D. SAUNDERS, BILLIE COLOMBARO WOODARD, OSWALD A. DECUIR, JIMMIE C. PETERS, MARC T. AMY, MICHAEL G. SULLIVAN, GLENN B. GREMILLION, and ELIZABETH A. PICKETT, Judges.


AMY, Judge.

The claimant filed a Disputed Claim for Compensation, seeking penalties in the Office of Workers' Compensation pursuant to La.R.S. 23:1208 due to what she contends were false statements made by the employer's office manager in order to defeat her claim for compensation benefits. The workers' compensation judge found that the Office of Workers' Compensation lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the issue. For the following reasons, we reverse and remand...

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