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SHERMAN v. SOUTHERN SCRAP MATERIAL COMPANY LTD.

No. 5578.

284 So.2d 71 (1973)

Elizan Thomas SHERMAN, widow of George Sherman, Individually and as natural tutrix of her minor children, v. SOUTHERN SCRAP MATERIAL COMPANY LTD., and the Travelers Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 2, 1973.

Writ Refused December 19, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank S. Bruno, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, Claude D. Vasser, New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

Before STOULIG, BOUTALL and SCHOTT, JJ.

STOULIG, Judge.

This appeal involves a claim for workmen's compensation death benefits by the widow and minor children of George Sherman, a manual laborer who died of heart disease. Plaintiff alleged her husband was struck by a piece of iron pipe on July 2, 1968, and this trauma activated a pre-existing heart aliment that ultimately caused his death on September 14, 1968. Defendants, the employer, Southern Scrap Material Company Ltd., and its compensation insurer...

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