Legal Opinion
Pearce v. George P. Reintjes Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided September 3, 1986No. 85-976PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
STOKER, Judge.
Wylie B. Pearce, III appeals the dismissal of his suit in which he claimed worker’s compensation benefits because of an occupational disease.
FACTS
Wylie Pearce was hired by the George P. Reintjes Company in 1978 as a boilermaker. He had been a member of the boilermakers’ union since 1963, and had worked for several companies over the years. At Reintjes, a refractory, Pearce was exposed *893to chemical fumes, as he had been at his previous places of employment. He claims that at Reintjes he began to suffer from progressively worsening breathing problems, chest tightening and…
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