HAYWOOD v. EASTERN ASSOCIATED TERMINALS COMPANY

No. 5593.

276 So.2d 328 (1973)

Ambrose Winfred HAYWOOD v. EASTERN ASSOCIATED TERMINALS COMPANY and the Continental Insurance Companies.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 1, 1973.

Writ Refused June 28, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Orlando G. Bendana, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Robert E. Peyton, Christovich & Kearney, New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

Before REDMANN, GULOTTA and SCHOTT, JJ.


REDMANN, Judge.

Defendants, an employer and its insurer, appeal from an award of workmen's compensation benefits for total and permanent disability (subject to credit for benefits paid).

Defendants argue that, since plaintiff laborer's job duties were only light labor, he is not totally and permanently disabled because he is in fact able to return to light labor.

Plaintiff's disability is described as a loss of function of both legs, estimated at from...

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