Legal Opinion
Martinez v. Equitable Equipment Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 13, 1976No. 7471PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STOULIG, Judge.
Plaintiff, Silverio Martinez, obtained a judgment awarding him workmen’s compensation benefits of $49 per week for a period not to exceed 500 weeks plus medical expenses, on a finding he suffered a disabling back injury sustained in the course and scope of his employment as a grinder. Defendants, Equitable Equipment Company, his employer, and its insurer, Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York, have appealed. We affirm.
Defendants concede plaintiff was injured on the job on July 31, 1972. His work entailed grinding rough edges of welded metal to soften them. He used machinery…
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