WHITE v. FREEPORT CHEMICAL COMPANY

No. 6929.

319 So.2d 563 (1975)

Edward V. WHITE v. FREEPORT CHEMICAL COMPANY and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 9, 1975.

Writ Refused November 21, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Gladney, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant.

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, John C. Combe, Jr., New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Before SAMUEL, STOULIG and BOUTALL, JJ.


SAMUEL, Judge.

Plaintiff filed this suit against his employer, Freeport Chemical Company, and the latter's workmen's compensation insurer, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, to recover workmen's compensation benefits for total and permanent disability resulting from a ruptured intervertebral disc. He also seeks medical expenses as well as penalties and attorney's fees for alleged arbitrary refusal to pay benefits. Defendants answered, denying plaintiff had received...

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