PARISH v. STANDARD ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 984.

158 So.2d 892 (1963)

Loudis PARISH, Plaintiff-Appellee. v. STANDARD ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearings Denied January 7, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cook, Clark, Egan, Yancey & King, by Charles D. Egan, Shreveport, for defendant-appellant.

Gerard F. Thomas, Jr., Natchitoches, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TATE, FRUGEé, and CULPEPPER, JJ.


TATE, Judge.

The trial court awarded the plaintiff workmen's compensation benefits for total and permanent disability, together with statutory penalties because of the arbitrary non-payment of compensation due at the time of suit. The defendant insurer appeals. The plaintiff answers the appeal, praying for an increase in the penalty attorney's fee awarded.

1. Disability.

The plaintiff Parish was employed as a welder's helper by the defendant...

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