Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1987

Norton ex rel. Norton v. Hale

Norton ex rel. Norton v. Hale
Supreme Court of Louisiana · Decided June 5, 1987
507 So. 2d 827; 1987 La. LEXIS 9332 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Norton ex rel. Norton v. Hale

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Granted. The judgment maintaining the exception of no cause of action is set aside. The case is remanded to the district court to permit plaintiff to amend her petition to allege (1) a demand for worker’s compensation benefits based on her dependency, if the minor was in the course of employment with defendant Hale, or (2) an alternative demand for recovery in tort, if, as alleged in the codefendant’s answer, the minor was not in the course of his employment.

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