Pharr V. Insurance Co. of North America
Louisiana Court of Appeal
1Opinion of the Court
YARRUT, Judge.
This is a suit for workmen’s compensa^ tion of $35.00 per week, not to exceed 395 weeks; $2,500.00 medical expenses; and statutory penalties and attorney’s fees, as damages for the arbitrary and capricious refusal of Defendant to make the payments due Plaintiff whose work was common labor.
The District Court rendered judgment that Plaintiff was totally, but only temporarily, disabled to do work of a reasonable character, and granted compensation of $35.00 per week, not to exceed 300 weeks, conditioned upon Plaintiff submitting to a surgical operation on his injured right thumb…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Guillory v. Southern Farm Bureau Casualty InsuranceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1959
- Duplechien v. States Exploration CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1957
- Borders v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1956
- Chase v. Warren Petroleum CorporationLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1964
- Fredieu v. Mansfield Hardwood Lumber Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1951
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