FEDERICK v. NATIONAL SURETY CORPORATION

No. 745.

149 So.2d 436 (1963)

Malcolm E. FEDERICK, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NATIONAL SURETY CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearings Denied February 20, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cunningham & Cunningham, by W. Peyton Cunningham, Jr., Natchitoches, for defendant-appellant.

Watson, Williams & Brittain, by Jack O. Brittain, Natchitoches, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TATE, HOOD, and CULPEPPER, JJ.


TATE, Judge.

The plaintiff-employee was awarded workmen's compensation benefits for total and permanent disability. An appeal was taken by the defendant, his employer's insurer. The plaintiff answers the appeal, requesting that, in addition to compensation benefits, he be awarded penalties and penalty attorney's fees for arbitrary non-payment of compensation due.

The three issues before us on appeal concern: (1) the plaintiff's residual disability; (2) the...

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