FONTENOT v. WEINGARTEN, INC.

No. 50455.

249 So.2d 886 (1971)

259 La. 217

Joseph Raymond FONTENOT v. J. WEINGARTEN, INC.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Concurring Opinion June 3, 1971.

Dissenting Opinions May 5 and 12, 1971.

Rehearing Denied June 28, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald Soileau, Donald Soileau's Law Office, Mamou, for plaintiff-appellant.

Plauche, Sanders, Smith & Hebert, Allen L. Smith, Jr., Lake Charles, for defendant-appellee.


McCALEB, Chief Justice.

Joseph Raymond Fontenot is suing to recover workmen's compensation benefits for injuries received by him in the course of his employment with J. Weingarten, Inc., owner and operator of a large grocery store in Lake Charles, Louisiana, for a straining-type injury to his back, sustained while preparing a display of canned goods, a nonhazardous feature of defendant's business.

The trial judge granted plaintiff compensation for $35.00 a...

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