TRAHAN v. TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 3228.

241 So.2d 609 (1970)

Sidney TRAHAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 3, 1970.

Writ Refused February 4, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holt & Woodley, by E. E. Woodley, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellant.

Cormie & Morgan, by Robert E. Morgan, Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before FRUGÉ, CULPEPPER and MILLER, JJ.


MILLER, Judge.

Sidney Trahan was awarded total and permanent workmen's compensation benefits against Travelers, the workmen's compensation insurer of Acadia Drilling Company. Defendant appealed.

ISSUE: Does the medical evidence support the holding that three fractured ribs have totally and permanently disabled plaintiff?

On March 28, 1968 while employed as a roughneck, Trahan, age 53, was struck a severe blow on the right side of the back in the lower...

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