Cousins v. City of New Orleans

ARMSTRONG, Judge.

This case comes before us on remand from the Louisiana Supreme Court1 for the limited purpose of determining whether plaintiff, Eugene V. Cousins, a disabled New Orleans firefighter, is receiving disability pension benefits, which serve to reduce his worker’s compensation benefits under La.R.S. 23:1225(C)(1), or tenure-based retirement pension benefits, which do not reduce compensation benefits.2

Plaintiff was hired as a firefighter by the City of New Orleans on October 12, 1961. On December 9, 1983 he was injured while *1109in the course and scope of his employment with the fire…