Porche v. Stone & Webster Engineering Co.

HERGET, Judge.

From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, Alexander G. Porche, against defendant, Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation and Royal Indemnity Company, jointly and in solido, awarding Plaintiff workmen’s compensation at the rate of $35 per week not to exceed 400 weeks, beginning April 1, 1960, Defendants appealed. Plaintiff answered the appeal seeking to have the judgment amended to allow him penalties for the capricious and arbitrary refusal of Defendants-Appellants to pay benefits under the Louisiana Workmen’s Compensation Act as prescribed in LSA-R.S. 22:658.

Admittedly, on June…