Naquin v. Coal Operators Casualty Co.

SAVOY, Judge.

Plaintiff instituted this suit in workmen’s compensation for total permanent disability, medical expenses, penalties and attorney’s fees, against Coal Operators Casualty Company, the insurer of his former employer, Savoy Equipment, Inc. He alleged that in November, 1962, while performing his duties as a maintenance man for his employer in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, he “suffered accidental injuries” in the nature of a contact dermatitis which has caused a scaly eruption of his hands, wrists, forearms, arms and face, causing him to he totally disabled under the act.

The suit was…