BOURGEOIS v. BROWN & ROOT, INC.

No. 6497.

303 So.2d 217 (1974)

Farrell L. BOURGEOIS, Sr. v. BROWN & ROOT, INC. and Highlands Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

November 7, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christovich & Kearney, R. K. Christovich, New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

Ernest E. Barrow, II, Harvey, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before LEMMON, GULOTTA and SCHOTT, JJ.


SCHOTT, Judge.

This is a Workmen's Compensation proceeding in which the trial judge awarded to the plaintiff benefits for total and permanent disability, together with statutory penalties and attorney's fees.

Defendants' appeal is primarily on the basis that plaintiff's claim had prescribed under the provisions of LSA-R.S. 23:1209, and alternatively that the imposition of statutory penalties and attorney's fees was not warranted.

In his original petition...

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