Calogero v. City of New Orleans

WILLIAMS, Judge.

This appeal arises from a judgment of the trial court finding plaintiff, Robert G. Ca-logero, totally and permanently disabled as a result of an injury he sustained in the course and scope of his employment as a police officer with the New Orleans Police Department. Defendant, The City of New Orleans, has appealed asserting that, at most, plaintiff is entitled only to permanent partial disability because he is able to work at a job which pays him a better salary than the job in which he was injured.

Plaintiff was initially denied Workers’ Compensation for his injury and he sued…