Macon v. Hunt-Wesson Foods, Inc.

CURRAULT, Judge.

This appeal originates in the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court, Parish of Jefferson, Division “I”, wherein the Honorable Wallace C. LeBrun rendered judgment in favor of plaintiff-worker and against defendant-employer, finding plaintiff to be totally and permanently disabled under the odd-lot doctrine, thus awarding her 66⅜ percent of her average weekly wages at the time of injury. Defendant appeals; we affirm.

Lauranette Macon became employed as an assembly line worker with Hunt-Wesson Foods at their Gretna, Louisiana plant in August, 1978. On November 17, 1980, during her…