BAKER v. SUMMIT NURSING HOME

No. 09-1007.

33 So.3d 959 (2010)

Lechia BAKER v. SUMMIT NURSING HOME.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

March 10, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Bass, Guglielmo, Lopez, Opelousas, LA, for Defendant Appellee, Summit Nursing Home.

Lechia Baker, In Proper Person, LeCompte, LA, for Plaintiff Appellant, Lechia Baker.

Court composed of JOHN D. SAUNDERS, MARC T. AMY, and J. DAVID PAINTER, Judges.


SAUNDERS, Judge.

This is a workers' compensation case where the employee, after the employee's counsel appropriately withdrew, failed to attend the mandatory pre-trial conference. As a result, the workers' compensation judge set a contradictory hearing to determine whether to dismiss the employee's claim. After the employee failed to attend the contradictory hearing, the workers' compensation judge dismissed the employee's claim, without prejudice, and allowed the...

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