DUHON v. PITTSBURG PLATE GLASS COMPANY

No. 1518.

179 So.2d 469 (1965)

Rufus DUHON, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. PITTSBURG PLATE GLASS COMPANY et al., Defendants and Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

October 27, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guillory, Guillory & Guillory, by Robert K. Guillory, Eunice, for plaintiff-appellant.

Stockwell, St. Dizier, Sievert & Viccellio, by Fred H. Sievert, Jr., Lake Charles, for defendants-appellees.

Before FRUGE, HOOD and CULPEPPER, JJ.


CULPEPPER, Judge.

This is a workmen's compensation case. Plaintiff contends he is permanently and totally disabled as a result of a spontaneous pneumothorax (collapsed lung) which he suffered while working for the defendant, Pittsburg Plate Glass Company. From an adverse judgment, plaintiff appeals.

The substantial issue is whether plaintiff has sustained his burden of proving a causal connection between the accident and his present disability.

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