OUSLEY v. EMPLOYERS MUTUAL LIABILITY INSURANCE COMPANY OF WISCONSIN

No. 5062.

121 So.2d 378 (1960)

Arthur OUSLEY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. EMPLOYERS MUTUAL LIABILITY INSURANCE COMPANY OF WISCONSIN, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

May 31, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Minos Simon, Lafayette, for appellant.

Voorhies, Labbe, Voorhies, Fontenot & Leonard, Lafayette, for appellee.

Before TATE, MILLER and PUGH, JJ.


TATE, Judge.

The defendant insurer appeals from an award of compensation to the plaintiff for a facial disfigurement. The plaintiff answers the appeal, requesting chiefly penalties and attorney's fees for an allegedly arbitrary non-payment of compensation by the insurer.

The present suit is to recover compensation only under LSA-R.S. 23:1221(4)(p) of our compensation act, which provides:

"In cases not falling within any of the provisions already made...

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