Posted by Ray Clary, rclrec@mindspring.com, on 3/12/01

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Louisiana Legislature has established that an injured
person has three years from the date of injury to file a
workmans comp suit for damages. My mother had a job
realted injury in 1997. She fell due to a piece of heavy
machinery pushing a carpet roll that she was standing on,
over in a warehouse. She injured her right shoulder, which
has after this amount of time become a serious injury that
has required two surgeries, and left her with only 40% of
the use of her arm. She is about to have to undergo
further surgery, and has passed the three year time limit
to file the suit. I believe a quote that I once heard that
stated "the only thing that never changes about the law is
its ability to change. I am curious if there are other
states that have longer time lines allowing clients to file
suit, in cases like this one that have hidden
damage/injuries that do not come out in its' totallity for
a few yearsfollowing the incident. I believe there is a
case to be made, and a precedence to be set. Anyone out
there have anything to say???????????????????

Re: Workmans comp, personal injury, 6/25/01, by wayne.

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