FINN v. DELTA DRILLING COMPANY

No. 5046.

121 So.2d 340 (1960)

Walter FINN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DELTA DRILLING COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 29, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Plauche & Stockwell, Fred H. Sievert, Jr., Lake Charles, for appellants.

Camp, Palmer, Bell, Yelverton & Carwile, Lake Charles, for appellee.

Before TATE, FRUGE and MILLER, JJ.


TATE, Judge.

The defendants, an employer and its insurer, appeal from an award to a former employee of workmen's compensation benefits for total and permanent disability. The codefendant insurer was assessed also with penalties and attorney's fees for the arbitrary non-payment of compensation benefits due, and the plaintiff-employee as appellee answers the appeal and prays that the amount of penalty attorney's fees awarded be increased.

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