Lambert v. American Policyholders Ins.

The writer concurs with the majority opinion insofar as it awarded compensation to the disabled employee at least to the maximum duration of eight months as shown by the physicians’ present estimates. But I dissent insofar as the award was made under LSA-R.S. 23:1222 and not under instead LSA-R.S. 23:1221(1), which latter section provides that for “injury producing temporary total disability” compensation shall be allowed “during the period of disability, not beyond three hundred weeks”.

In my opinion the present decision is contrary to the recent decisions of this court in Newman v. Zurich…