Legal Opinion
Swaney v. Marquette Casualty Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided March 12, 1962No. 377PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
YARRUT, Judge.
This is a direct action brought against the compensation insurer of the employer of plaintiff for total and permanent disability for 400 weeks, plus penalties and attorney’s fees for arbitrarily and capriciously refusing to make payments as provided by LSA-R.S. 22:658.
The defendant appeals from a judgment awarding plaintiff full compensation for 400 weeks for total and permanent disability, plus penalties and attorney’s fees, and for failure of the trial court to allow credit for weekly compensation payments made from June 24, 1959 to April 12, 1960.
Plaintiff was employed by the…
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- McDearmont v. M. I. Davis Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1953
- Sykes v. Stout Drilling Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1960
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