Legal Opinion · Dissent
Danziger v. Employers Mut. Liability Ins. Co. of Wis.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 28, 1963No. 46538Published
1DissentSanders, Justice
The plaintiff suffered a cerebral thrombosis while engaged in the hurried activity *50■of an employment emergency under an •emotional shock of a severe nature. The majority denies recovery on the grounds that the cerebral thrombosis is not an “injury” and that it was not occasioned by an “accident”, within the meaning of the Louisiana Workmen’s Compensation Law. I cannot subscribe to this holding.
The prior jurisprudence has soundly ■established that cerebral thrombosis is a ■compensable injury under the Workmen’s •Compensation Law. Sepulvado v. Mansfield Hardwood Lumber Co., La.App., 75 So.2d…
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- Brown v. Aetna Casualty & Surety CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1957
- Roberson v. Michigan Mutual Liability CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1956
- Brian v. Employers Casualty Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1959
- Johnson v. Zurich General AcciDent & Liability Ins.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1935
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