Legal Opinion
Harris v. National Gypsum Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided August 24, 2001No. 2000-CA-2275PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
L MURRAY, Judge.
National Gypsum Company appeals the award of workers’ compensation benefits, penalties and attorney fees, to its former employee, Francis V. Harris. We affirm for the reasons that follow.
FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW
Mr. Harris was born in December 1935 and completed an eighth-grade education plus vocational training at Delgado Trade School. He began work as a mechanic at National Gypsum’s New Orleans plant in 1964, performing manual labor and operating and maintaining heavy equipment such as front-end loaders. After twenty years, however, the Tchoupitoulas Street facility was…
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- Harris v. National Gypsum Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2002