LaRosa v. Insurance Co. of North America

YARRUT, Judge.

This is an appeal by Defendant, compensation insurer, from a judgment awarding Plaintiff $35.00 per week for 400 weeks based on total and permanent disability. Plaintiff, an electrician, was allegedly injured on February 8, 1965, as he attempted to help lift a welding machine while working for Fischbach and Moore Maritime Electric Company at Taft, Louisiana.

*136Defendant’s appeal is based on four grounds: (1) that there was no accident; (2)that if there were an accident, Plaintiff did not suffer an inguinal hernia as the result thereof; (3) that even if a hernia does exist, it does…