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DODD v. MERIT ELEC., INC.

No. 44,035-WCA.

8 So.3d 849 (2009)

Melissa DODD, Plaintiff-Appellant v. MERIT ELECTRICAL, INC. and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

April 15, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Street & Street by Curtis Daniel Street, Monroe, for Appellant.

Mayer, Smith & Roberts, L.L.P. by Kim Loraine Purdy-Thomas, J. Kris Jackson, Shreveport, for Appellees.

Before STEWART, PEATROSS and DREW, JJ.

DREW, J.

In this workers' compensation case in which the accident occurred in Maryland, the sole issue is whether the claimant's contract of hire was made in Louisiana so that the Office of Workers' Compensation ("OWC") had subject matter jurisdiction over the claim. The WCJ found that the contract of hire was made in Georgia. We conclude that the WCJ was clearly wrong in making this finding, and reverse the judgment sustaining...

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