MELERINE v. BROWN & ROOT, INC.

No. 5747.

284 So.2d 809 (1973)

Leo J. MELERINE v. BROWN & ROOT, INC. and Highlands Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

November 2, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francipane, Regan & St. Pee, Richard T. Regan, Metairie, for plaintiff-appellee.

Christovich & Kearney, C. Edgar Cloutier, New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

Before GULOTTA, J., and GAUDIN and ZACCARIA, JJ., pro tem.


GULOTTA, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding total and permanent disability benefits as well as penalties and attorney's fees.

On September 21, 1970, while employed as a mechanic's helper, plaintiff, Leo J. Melerine, suffered the amputation of the bone of the right thumb, including the distal joint (the one most remote from the hand) and a small portion of the bone between the distal joint and the proximal joint (the one joining with the hand...

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