Lopez v. City of New Orleans

I respectfully dissent.

The City of New Orleans has appealed a judgment awarding plaintiff, Albert W. Lopez, maximum workmen’s compensation benefits of $65 per week1 for a period not to exceed 500 weeks for a job-connected injury that left him totally and permanently disabled.

The trial court gave this same award previously; however, on appeal we annulled the first judgment after concluding the medical evidence did not establish a connexity between the accident and the disability.

The facts are set forth in this court’s first opinion, Lopez v. City of New Orleans, 350 So.2d 1262, La.App. (1977),…