Dianne Eysink v. Louisiana Community and Technical College System

Opinion

STATE OF LOUISIANA

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT DIANNE EYSINK NO. 2019 CW 0897

VERSUS

LOUISIANA COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM, ET OCTU Z 8 2019

AL

In Re: Louisiana Community and Technical College System, applying for supervisory writs, Office of Workers'

Compensation, District 5, No. 18- 02665.

BEFORE: HIGGINBOTHAM, PENZATO, AND LANIER, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED. The Office of Workers' Compensation' s June 13, 2019 judgment, which denied the motion to recuse filed by the Louisiana Community & Technical College System, is vacated.

The motion set forth a valid ground for recusation, and we hereby remand this matter to the Office of Workers' Compensation

for referral to another workers' compensation hearing officer to consider and rule on the motion to recuse. See La. Admin Code tit. 40, Pt I, § 5525; La. Code Civ. P. art. 151( A)( 4); see also

Disaster Restoration Dry Cleaning, L. L. C. v. Pellerin Laundry Machinery Sales Co., Inc., 2005- 0715 ( La. 4/ 17/ 06), 927 So. 2d 1094, 1097.

TMH

AHP

WIL

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

DEPUTY CLERK OF COURT FOR THE COURT