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EDWARDS v. PORT CITY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

No. 822.

151 So.2d 722 (1963)

Wildon EDWARDS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PORT CITY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Inc., and the Employers' Liability Assurance Corporation, Ltd., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

April 9, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bass & Lawes, by Eugene H. Lawes, Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellant.

Cavanaugh, Hickman, Brame & Holt, by Cecil Gil Smith, Lakes Charles, for defendants-appellees.

Before TATE, SAVOY and CULPEPPER, JJ.

SAVOY, Judge.

This is a suit in workmen's compensation for total permanent disability, medical expenses, penalties and attorneys' fees; plaintiff's petition alleging that he was injured on or about May 31, 1961, when he fell about ten (10) feet from a building on which he was working, striking his head; and further alleging that defendants arbitrarily withheld payment of compensation benefits to him.

Defendants answered plaintiff's petition admitting the accident...

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