HIGGINBOTHAM v. TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 4094.

274 So.2d 450 (1973)

Bernard HIGGINBOTHAM, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY and Eastern Logging & Perforating Company, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 2, 1973.

Writ Refused May 24, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holt & Woodley, by James E. Williams, Lake Charles, for defendants-appellants.

David L. Levingston, Hebert and Levingston, Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before FRUGE, MILLER and DOMENGEAUX, JJ.


FRUGE, Judge.

Plaintiff-appellee, Bernard Higginbotham, sued for workmen's compensation benefits. The District Court entered judgment awarding claimant total and permanent disability benefits, and the employer and its insurer appealed. We affirm.

On September 3, 1970, while the plaintiff was performing duties arising out of and during the course and scope of his employment with his employer, Eastern Logging and Perforating Company, he became unconscious and...

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