HARTSELL v. HOOKER CHEMICAL CORPORATION

No. 4770.

266 So.2d 480 (1972)

Orion D. HARTSELL v. HOOKER CHEMICAL CORPORATION et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 4, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald B. Ruiz, Marrero, for plaintiff-appellee.

Bernard, Micholet & Cassisa, Richard L. Bodet, Metairie, for defendants-appellants.

Before REGAN, SAMUEL and BAILES, JJ.


SAMUEL, Judge.

Defendants have appealed an "interlocutory judgment" in a workmen's compensation suit ordering them to pay the expenses for orthopedic surgery to be performed on plaintiff and pretermitting a determination of defendants' liability until surgery is performed.

During a trial on the merits, Dr. Walter Brent, an orthopedist, testified plaintiff's disabling condition could possibly be corrected by fusion of certain vertebrae in the back. In rendering...

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