Legal Opinion
Landry v. City of New Orleans
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided July 5, 1972No. 4979PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STOULIG, Judge.
The City of New Orleans has appealed a judgment awarding a fireman maximum workmen’s compensation benefits for a heart condition that forced him to retire. His disability is admitted. What is at issue is whether plaintiff proved his heart condition was caused by or related to a job-connected “accident” so as to make it compensable under the Louisiana Workmen’s Compensation Act.
The facts are not disputed. When plaintiff joined the New Orleans Fire Department in 1938, he had been examined and certified as physically fit. It was not until 1961 that symptoms of angina first…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Danziger v. Employers Mut. Liability Ins. Co. of Wis.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1963
- Guerrera v. City of New OrleansLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1968
- Brown v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical CorporationLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1971
- Garvin v. City of New OrleansLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1971
3Cited by6 opinions
- Rothell v. City of ShreveportLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1993
- McCoy v. City of Shreveport Fire Dept.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1995
- Coats v. City of Bossier CityLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1998
- Vallelungo v. City of New OrleansLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1996
- Ray v. City of New OrleansLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1973
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