Lopez v. City of New Orleans

STOULIG, Judge.

Plaintiff, Albert Lopez, was awarded a judgment against the City of New Orleans for maximum workmen’s compensation benefits for a job-connected injury that the trial court concluded left him totally and permanently disabled. Lopez had been employed with the New Orleans Fire Department for 22 years when the accident occurred and, at the time, had attained the rank of deputy fire chief.

On appeal, the defendant seeks reversal contending that (1) plaintiff failed to prove an accident compensable under the Louisiana Workmen’s Compensation Law did occur on February 8,1975; (2)…