Scott v. Ryan-Walsh Stevedoring Co.

WILLIAMS, Judge.

Plaintiff brought this suit in workers’ compensation alleging he had contracted an occupational lung disease while in defendant’s employ. The trial court awarded 100 weeks compensation at the minimum rate for loss of a physical function, La.R.S. 23:1221(4)(p). Both plaintiff and defendant appeal.

Plaintiff assigns error in the trial court’s failure to award benefits for total and permanent or permanent and partial disability, and in failing to include medical expenses and interest in its judgment. Defendant alleges the trial court erred in awarding plaintiff any compensation at…