Legal Opinion
Chatelain v. American Can Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided July 10, 1980No. 10984PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REDMANN, Judge.
Plaintiff appeals from the dismissal, on exception of no cause of action, of his suit against his corporate employer for damages, alleging that noise at his employment caused him a partial hearing loss and hypersensitivity to loud noises.
Accepting plaintiff’s petition’s allegations as true, his petition would state a cause of action for workers’ compensation and it might therefore be argued that the judgment appealed from is not wholly correct. However, the context is that plaintiff has already tried and lost a suit for workers’ compensation, 344 So.2d 1180, this court finding…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Chatelain v. American Can Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1977
3Cited by5 opinions
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- O'REGAN v. Preferred Enterprises, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1999
- Chatelain v. American Can Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
- Arrant v. Graphic Packaging International, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 2015
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