MATTE v. POWER RIG DRILLING COMPANY

No. 3731.

260 So.2d 19 (1972)

Willard J. MATTE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. POWER RIG DRILLING COMPANY, Inc., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 18, 1972.

Writ Refused May 18, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shelton & Cline, by Thomas Robert Shelton, Rayne, for defendants-appellants.

Edwards & Edwards, by Homer E. Barousse, Jr., Crowley, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CULPEPPER, MILLER and DOMENGEAUX, J.


MILLER, Judge.

Defendant employer and its insurer Argonaut Southwest Insurance Company appeal the trial court judgment awarding plaintiff Willard J. Matte total and permanent workmen's compensation benefits. We affirm.

Defendants concede that Matte is totally and permanently disabled, but contend that his credibility was destroyed and he therefore failed to prove a job-related accident.

This thirty year old plaintiff had been employed as a roughneck...

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