Smith v. Howard Steel Erection, Inc.

CIACCIO, Judge.

Plaintiff filed suit to recover 100 weeks of worker compensation benefits, resulting from the loss of one-half of the distal phalanx of one of the fingers of his right hand in a work-related accident. La.R.S. 23:1221(4)(p). Defendant answered the suit and thereafter filed a motion for summary judgment on the grounds that the plaintiff had already been provided with all the benefits to which he was entitled under the Louisiana Worker’s Compensation Act. La.R.S. 23:1021 et seq. The district court granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment and dismissed plaintiff’s suit.…