MATHERNE v. AVONDALE SHIPYARDS, INC.

No. 5825.

299 So.2d 859 (1974)

Virgil MATHERNE v. AVONDALE SHIPYARDS, INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

On Rehearing September 10, 1974.

Writ Refused November 15, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keiler & Buckley, Sam O. Buckley, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, Donald O. Collins, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

Before LEMMON, J., and FEDOROFF and GAUTHIER, JJ. Pro Tem.


GERALD P. FEDOROFF, Judge Pro Tem.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment dismissing his claim for Workmen's Compensation benefits based on total and permanent disability.

On December 15, 1964, plaintiff, working as a sheet metal helper at Avondale Shipyards, Inc., caught his right foot in a roller. He was treated first by Dr. James Le Noir, an orthopedist, who found a severe long laceration along the medial side of the foot, extending from the os calcis to the...

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