Latiolais v. Ashy Enterprises, Inc.

YELVERTON, Judge.

In this workers compensation ease, Howard Latiolais seeks maximum benefits under LSA-R.S. 23:1221(2), based on the claim that his injury has put him in the odd lot category. The trial court concluded that the worker had not “made out a case under either the substantial pain or the odd lot doctrine”. From the dismissal of his suit, plaintiff appeals. We affirm.

Plaintiff was a motor vehicle mechanic in Eunice, Louisiana, for 33 years prior to his accident on April 15, 1978. For the last 26 of those years he worked for the same employer, Ashy Enterprises, Inc., the defendant,…