Fancher v. Overhead Doors, Inc.

GAUDIN, Judge.

This workmen’s compensation case was instituted in the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court by Michael S. Fancher following a serious ankle injury. The trial judge found permanent disability, classifying Fancher as an “odd lot” employee, and it is from this judgment that Fancher’s employer has appealed.

Fancher, in turn, asks for attorney fees and statutory penalties, which were not awarded in the district court.

Comparing the facts and circumstances of this proceeding with Oster v. Wetzel Printing, Inc., 390 So.2d 1318 (La.1980); Calogero v. City of New Orleans, 397 So.2d 1252…