Judge's Order Not Final, So Any Appeal Must Wait

The Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal invited an employer to produce a law backing up its appeal of a judge's interlocutory judgment, but the employer apparently couldn't do so. The circuit court in Bazinet v. Standard National Life Insurance, No. 06-830 (8/9/06), had issued, sua sponte, a rule ordering Standard National Life Insurance, to show cause why its appeal of a workers' compensation judge's order should not be dismissed. The appeal was taken from a non-appealable, interlocutory order. The trial court on March 6, 2006 held a hearing during which Standard National moved that, b...