GUSTE EX REL. JOHNSON v. BURRIS

No. 10512.

324 So.2d 525 (1975)

William J. GUSTE, Jr., Attorney General of the State of Louisiana, ex rel. Mrs. Mary Pane JOHNSON, et al., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph H. BURRIS, Legislative Auditor, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 12, 1976.

Writ Refused March 12, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Simm and John G. Morgan, Louisiana Legislative Council, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., and William T. Reeves, Jr., Staff Atty., Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before SARTAIN, BAILES and PICKETT, JJ.


SARTAIN, Judge.

Defendant brings this appeal from judgment in favor of plaintiff in the amount of $15,000.00 rendered pursuant to L.R.S. 33:1981 which provides that the attorney general is to seek benefits on behalf of the surviving spouse and dependant children of firemen who suffer death as a result of job related injuries. We affirm the result reached by the trial court.

The facts of this case are not in dispute...

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