JOHNSON v. HARTFORD ACCIDENT & INDEMNITY CO.

No. 1948.

196 So.2d 635 (1967)

T. J. JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HARTFORD ACCIDENT AND INDEMNITY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

March 21, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Drewett & Jacques, by J. Clem Drewett, Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellant.

Jones, Kimball, Harper, Tete & Wetherill, by Patrick A. Juneau, Jr., Lake Charles, for defendant-appellee.

Before TATE, FRUGE and CULPEPPER, JJ.


TATE, Judge.

The plaintiff Johnson appeals from the dismissal of his claim for workmen's compensation benefits. The evidence shows that he is totally disabled by reason of a nervous breakdown resulting from work pressures and work fatigue. The question is whether this type of disability is compensable under the Louisiana compensation act.

Johnson was a traveling circulation representative of a daily newspaper. He was responsible for supervision of some thirty...

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