Theriot v. Aquatron International, Inc.

WICKER, Judge.

Aquatron International, Inc. and its insurer, National Union Fire Insurance Company, appeal a judgment awarding the plaintiff, Harold Theriot, worker’s compensation benefits and medical expenses. The issues are the extent and permanency of Theriot’s disability and the effect of Theri-ot’s present employment on his rate of compensation. We affirm.

Theriot, age 55, worked as a laborer for Aquatron and hurt his left lower abdomen doing heavy lifting on November 15, 1985. Thirty years earlier he had injured his back in an automobile accident, resulting in a spinal fusion; however,…