BOUY v. TECHE ELEC.

No. 03-355.

861 So.2d 712 (2003)

Lucille BOUY v. TECHE ELECTRIC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

November 26, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Louis Gibbens, Gibbens & Stevens, New Iberia, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant, Lucille Bouy.

Brenda L. Mistrot, Law Offices of Nan M. Landry, Lafayette, LA, for Defendants/Appellees, Teche Electric Cooperative, Inc. Wausau Insurance Company.

Court composed of NED E. DOUCET, JR., Chief Judge, BILLIE COLOMBARO WOODARD, and JIMMIE C. PETERS, Judges.


WOODARD, Judge.

Mrs. Lucille Bouy appeals the WCJ's grant of Defendants' exception of no right of action. The WCJ found that her husband's prior compromise of his claims against the Defendants for injuries he received in the course and scope of his employment in 1970 extinguished her right of action for death benefits. We reverse.

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Mr. Emile Bouy, Jr., was injured in the course and scope of his employment with Teche Electric Cooperative, Inc...

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