O'Donnell v. City of New Orleans

BEER, Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant, Frank O’Donnell, claims total and permanent disability caused by an on-the-job injury resulting in painful and complex fractures of the long and index fingers of his right hand. The trial court entered judgment in his favor but limited the award to a “scheduled loss,” and he appeals.

At the pertinent time, O’Donnell was forty-three years old, married and father of three children. He had lost his left arm below the elbow prior (and unrelated in any way) to his employment by the City of New Orleans, Civil Service System, as a watchman with various clerical duties…