BROOKS v. ACME CARTON CORPORATION

No. 6730.

312 So.2d 924 (1975)

Ruby Lee BROOKS v. ACME CARTON CORPORATION and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 11, 1975.

Writ Refused September 12, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O'Keefe, O'Keefe & Berrigan, Allen H. Danielson, Jr., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Adams & Reese, Edward J. Rice, Jr., New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

Before GULOTTA, MORIAL and BEER, JJ.


GULOTTA, Judge.

This is an appeal by defendants from a judgment awarding workmen's compensation benefits for total and permanent disability. In answer to the appeal, plaintiff seeks statutory penalties and attorney's fees. We affirm.

Plaintiff injured her thumb on August 16, 1973, while stapling fiber cartons for bottled beverages causing an impairment of the distal end of the thumb.

Plaintiff's claim, among others, is that the medical evidence supports...

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