Legal Opinion
Vidrine v. Argonaut-Southwest Insurance
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided July 10, 1964No. 1168PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Judge.
This is a workmen’s compensation suit in which plaintiff alleges that he is totally and permanently disabled as the result of a back injury which he sustained during the course of his employment by Joe’s Tin Shop in Ville Platte, Louisiana. Although originally instituted against two defendants, the suit was subsequently dismissed as to one of them, and the sole defendant now is Argonaut-Southwest Insurance Company, the compensation insurer of the employer.
The defendant failed to answer within the 10-day period allowed by LSA-R.S. 23:1315, and a preliminary judgment was rendered in…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Dawson v. Barber Bros. Contracting Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1940
- Hall v. Hillyer-Edwards-Fuller, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1937
- Fontenot v. CoxLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1953
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- Dugas v. Houston Contracting Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1966
- Bell v. Georgia Casualty & Surety Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1981
- Patton v. Silvey CompaniesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1980
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