Buras v. Board of Trustees

SCHOTT, Judge.

This suit was initiated by a member of the New Orleans Police Department to review a ruling of the defendant Board that he was not entitled to disability benefits. He had sustained a severe laceration on his left foot on April 23, 1975, when he went through a plate glass window while on duty. The trial court rendered judgment in favor of plaintiff and against defendant, finding plaintiff disabled and entitled to benefits applied for. From this judgment defendant has appealed.

At the trial, plaintiff produced his own testimony and that of a psychologist, along with the deposition…