SIMIEN v. HAAS-HIRSCH ESTATE

No. 4186.

278 So.2d 836 (1973)

Joshua SIMIEN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HAAS-HIRSCH ESTATE et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 27, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis & Lewis, by Seth Lewis, Jr., Opelousas, for defendants-appellants.

Taylor & Trosclair, by Frank P. Trosclair, Jr., Opelousas, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HOOD, CULPEPPER and MILLER, JJ.


CULPEPPER, Judge.

The defendant employer appeals from a judgment awarding plaintiff employee workmen's compensation benefits for total and permanent disability.

The sole issue is whether plaintiff was disabled beyond the date on which workmen's compensation payments were terminated.

The facts are that plaintiff is a 57 year old negro male, who completed only the fourth grade of school and has worked most of his life as a farm laborer. At the time of...

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