Legal Opinion
Foster v. Chambers Construction Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 28, 1986No. 85 CA 0235PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATKINS, Judge.
This is a worker’s compensation suit. The trial court denied the plaintiff benefits and he has appealed alleging as errors the court’s failure to find him partially disabled under LSA-R.S. 23:1221(3), and to award attorney’s fees and penalties for the defendants’ arbitrary and capricious termination of benefits. Finding that the plaintiff did suffer a disabling work-related injury, we reverse.1
Clifton Foster was employed by Chambers Construction Company as a carpenter foreman. On July 8, 1982, while in the course and scope of his employment, he was carrying an aluminum…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- West v. Bayou Vista Manor, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
- Hammond v. Fidelity & Cas. Co. of New YorkSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
- Martin v. HB Zachry Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
- Thornell v. Payne & Keller, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1983
- F & S OFFSHORE v. Serv. MacH. & ShipbuildingLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1983
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Wahden v. SandersLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1987
- Foster v. Chambers Construction Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1986