Legal Opinion

West v. Ortego

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided December 8, 1975No. 56232PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

325 So.2d 242 (1975)

Glenda Faye WEST

v.

Herman Wayne ORTEGO.

No. 56232.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 8, 1975.

Preston N. Aucoin, Villa Platte, for plaintiff-applicant.

J. Winston Ardoin, DeVillier, Ardoin & Morrow, Eunice, for defendant-respondent.

CALOGERO, Justice.

The issue before us in this case is whether workmen's compensation benefits received by a husband subsequent to dissolution of the community of acquets and gains, and representing post-injury benefits for the periods both before and after dissolution of the community, fall into the previously existent marital community.

We granted…

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2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Talley v. Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1966
  2. Chambers v. ChambersSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971
  3. Talley v. Employers Mutual Liability InsuranceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1966
  4. Alfred v. AlfredLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1970
  5. West v. OrtegoLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1975

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Loyacano v. LoyacanoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
  2. Weisfeld v. WeisfeldSupreme Court of Florida · 1989
  3. Broussard v. BroussardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
  4. Crocker v. CrockerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1991
  5. Bouterie v. CommissionerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994

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