Hawkins v. Johns-Manville Corp.

AUGUSTINE, Judge.

By this appeal, defendant Johns-Mans-ville Corporation (J-M) seeks to reverse an award of workmen’s compensation benefits in favor of its former employee, Pat Hawkins.1 Plaintiff’s claim arises under La.R.S. 23:1031.1 of the Louisiana Workmen’s Compensation Act, as it existed prior to amendment in 1975. He alleges total and permanent disability as a result of having contracted asbestosis while in the employ of J-M.

The parties, Hawkins and J-M, stipulated that between 1948 and 1966, plaintiff was employed by J-M as a common laborer and that, during that time, J-M manufactured…