Legal Opinion
Coats v. American Tel. & Tel. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided October 25, 1996No. 95-C-2670PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
681 So.2d 1243 (1996)
Billy W. COATS
v.
AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
No. 95-C-2670.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
October 25, 1996.
Gordon Neal Blackman, Jr., Blackman & Blackman, Shreveport, for Applicant.
Robert A. Dunkelman, Blanchard, Walker, O'Quin & Roberts, Shreveport, for Respondent.
VICTORY, Justice.[*]
We granted certiorari in this case to review the court of appeal's determination that the claimant (1) did not suffer an "accident" as defined in the worker's compensation statute and (2) failed to prove that she was disabled such that recovery under the provisions of LSA-R.S.…
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2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Miller v. Roger Miller Sand, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1994
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3Cited by61 opinions
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- Bolton v. BE & K CONST.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2002
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