PERKINS v. AVONDALE SHIPYARDS, INC.

No. 4301.

245 So.2d 772 (1971)

Louis PERKINS v. AVONDALE SHIPYARDS, INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

March 8, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald F. deBoisblanc, New Orleans, for Louis Perkins, plaintiff-appellee.

John C. Combe, Jr., Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, for Avondale Shipyards, Inc., defendant-appellant.

Before CHASEZ, REDMANN and BOUTALL, JJ.


CHASEZ, Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment awarding plaintiff-appellee, Louis Perkins, compensation for total permanent disability under the Workmen's Compensation Act against defendant-appellant, Avondale Shipyards, Inc.

The injury is not questioned, nor is the fact that it occurred while plaintiff was in the course and scope of his employment. The only dispute is whether the trial court erred in finding plaintiff totally and permanently disabled, rather...

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