Ins. Co., N. Am. v. Hebert

Full title: INSURANCE CO. OF NORTH AMERICA, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. LENIS HEBERT…

Court: Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit

Date published: May 25, 1994

637 So. 2d 1229 (La. Ct. App. 1994)

Opinion

No. 93-1401.

May 25, 1994.

Appeal from the Office of Workers' Compensation, District 4, Hearing Officer Sheral C. Kellar, Presiding.

DENIS PAUL JUGE, FRANK REYNOLDS WHITELEY, III, METAIRIE, FOR INS. CO. OF NORTH AMERICA.

Roger C. Sellers, Abbeville, for Lenis Hebert.

Michael Gerard Lemoine, Lafayette, for Murphy's Lease and Welding.

Before SAUNDERS and DECUIR, JJ., BERTRAND, J. Pro Tem.¹

1 Judge Lucien C. Bertrand, retired, participated in this decision by appointment of the Louisiana Supreme Court as Judge Pro Tempore.

SAUNDERS, Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant, Insurance Co. of North America, appeals the judgment of the Office of Workers' Compensation, District 4, denying plaintiff-appellant's request that its cross-claim be transferred to the 15th Judicial District Court.

For the reasons assigned in the companion case of Hebert v. CIGNA, 637 So.2d 1221 on the docket of this court and rendered this day, the judgment of the trial court is reversed and remanded with instructions.

Costs of this appeal are assessed to plaintiff-appellant, Insurance Co. of North America.

REVERSED and REMANDED WITH INSTRUCTIONS.