Legal Opinion
Ward v. Commercial Union Insurance Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 18, 1991No. 90-643PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DOUCET, Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment granting worker’s compensation benefits to a man disabled by a mental condition in 1987. The defendants do not dispute the existence of the disability. However, they argue that the plaintiff failed to prove that the disability resulted from an accident as required by La.R.S. 23:1031.
On February 28, 1987, while employed as a field service engineer with Marquette Electronics (Marquette), the plaintiff, Donald Ward, Jr. (Ward), suffered a mental breakdown which rendered him disabled and nonfunctional.
Ward had a history of excelling in highly…
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