FRANCIS v. KAISER ALUMINUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION

No. 3581.

225 So.2d 756 (1969)

Jessie FRANCIS v. KAISER ALUMINUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

August 4, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Garrett & Carl, Clifton S. Carl and James H. Leveque, III, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer, Matthews & Schumacher, Thomas F. Jordan, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Before HALL, REDMANN, and LE SUEUR, JJ.


REDMANN, Judge.

Defendant appeals from a judgment awarding plaintiff workmen's compensation benefits for total and permanent disability and medical expenses, and penalties and attorney's fees.

Plaintiff, a class A industrial refrigeration mechanic, suffered injury on rising after squatting down to look at a water cooler he was to repair for his employer. As he rose his knee "popped or something". His injury was diagnosed as a tear and incarceration of the...

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