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BATON ROUGE, La.—Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has vetoed legislation that would have extended the time injured employees have to file a workers compensation claim from two years to three.
House Bill 658, authored by Rep. Christopher J. Roy Jr., D-Alexandria, would have cost private sector employers about $7.9 million annually and would have had an unacceptable impact on the setting of reserves, premiums and litigation costs, the governor said Monday in a veto letter.
The Louisiana Assn. of Self Insured Employers and the Property Casualty Insurers Assn. of America were among several groups that asked him to veto the bill, the governor said.