Ledoux v. Calcasieu Parish Police Jury

MILLER, Judge.

Defendants Calcasieu Parish Police Jury and its insurer U.S.F. & G. appeal the judgment awarding workmen’s compensation benefits for total and permanent disability to plaintiff J. D. LeDoux. LeDoux answered the appeal seeking to reverse the trial court’s denial of his claim for penalties and attorney fees. We affirm.

LeDoux’s ruptured disc at the L-3 L-4 level was diagnosed by myelogram and treated by Chymonucleolisis, a chemical method of repairing a ruptured disc. Although defendants contested LeDoux’s claim of total and permanent disability at trial, that has been conceded for…