Legal Opinion
Cook v. Marshall Bros. Lincoln-Mercury, Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 7, 1983No. 82-CA-164PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHEHARDY, Judge.
Plaintiff has appealed from a judgment dismissing his suit for total and permanent disability benefits and penalties and attorney’s fees against his former employer and its workmen’s compensation insurer.
The issues before this court are whether or not the disability is work-related, and if so, whether or not penalties and attorney’s fees are due.
Plaintiff is disabled as a result of a brain-stem infarct. The stroke manifested itself on September 9, 1980 at plaintiff’s place of employment, Marshall Brothers Lincoln-Mercury, Inc. While standing, speaking with another employee who…
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- Roussel v. Colonial Sugars CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
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