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CHAMPAGNE v. AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE INS.

No. 2012-CC-1697.

112 So.3d 179 (2013)

Rodney CHAMPAGNE, II and Wife, Nicole Champagne, both Individually and on behalf of Elizabeth Nicole Champagne v. AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE INSURANCE CORPORATION, Smeal Fire Apparatus Co., Waterous Company, Lafayette Consolidated Government, Lafayette Parish Fire Protection Association, and Daniel Lavergne.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 19, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Olinde & Mercer, LLC, Henry Dupont Heck Olinde, Jr., Esq. , Drew Bernard, Esq. , Baton Rouge, LA, for Applicant.

Larry Curtis Esq. , Broussard & Kay, Hal James Broussard Esq. , Ped C. Kay, III, Esq. , Daigle Rayburn LLC, Susan A. Daigle, Esq. , John Daniel Rayburn, Jr. Esq. , Lafayette, LA, Johnson, Stiltner & Rahman, Patricia Jackson Delpit, Esq. , Baton Rouge, LA, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, Ian Alexander MacDonald, Esq. , Norman Eugene, Anseman, III, Esq. , Lafayette, LA, Preis & Roy, PLC, Rachal Dené Chance, Esq. , New Orleans, LA, for Respondent.

GUIDRY, Justice.*

We granted the writ application in this matter to review an issue of first impression in this court: whether the Louisiana Workers' Compensation Law, specifically La. R.S. 23:1036, which provides workers' compensation as the exclusive remedy for a volunteer member of a fire company in claims for personal injury against the "fire company," similarly applies to claims for personal...

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