Legal Opinion
Meshell v. Rivers
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 30, 1977No. 6049PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Judge.
This is a workmen’s compensation suit instituted by Joseph K. Meshell against Phillip Rivers and his insurer, Southern Casualty Insurance Company. The trial court rendered judgment in favor of defendants, and plaintiff appealed.
The issue presented is whether plaintiff has been disabled since the date on which the payment of workmen’s compensation benefits was discontinued.
A tree fell on plaintiff on August 6,1973, while he was working as a log cutter for defendant Phillips. As a result of that accident, he sustained injuries consisting of fractures of the left ankle, fracture of…
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