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DAUZAT v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 2914.

230 So.2d 768 (1970)

Mrs. Betty Z. DAUZAT et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 4, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gold, Hall & Skye, by Leo Gold, Alexandria, for defendants-appellants.

Howard N. Nugent, Jr., Alexandria, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Gist, Methvin & Trimble, by H. B. Gist, Jr., Alexandria, for defendant-appellee-appellant.

Before TATE, FRUGÉ, SAVOY, HOOD and MILLER, JJ.

FRUGE, Judge.

This is a workmen's compensation proceeding in which the trial court awarded the plaintiffs penalties and attorney fees for defendants' arbitrary and capricious refusal to pay compensation due the plaintiffs. Defendants appealed the assessment of penalties and attorney fees. Plaintiffs answered the appeal requesting $1,500.00 increase in attorney fees.

On July 27, 1968, Omar Dauzat in the course of his employment with defendant Pel State Oil...

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