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HARDY v. MERCY HOSPITAL OF NEW ORLEANS

No. 7451.

336 So.2d 959 (1976)

Thelma HARDY v. MERCY HOSPITAL OF NEW ORLEANS et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 14, 1976.

Writ Refused December 1, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank S. Bruno, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

James F. Holmes, Christovich & Kearney, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Before REDMANN, BOUTALL and SCHOTT, JJ.

REDMANN, Judge.

From a workmen's compensation award of $49 for 100 weeks for the loss of use of her right index finger, plaintiff appeals. The award was apparently for permanent impairment of a physical function, La.R.S. 23:1221(4)(p). Plaintiff seeks an award for permanent total disability, or alternatively one for loss of a hand or an arm § 1221(4)(e) or (f), and penalties and attorney's fees. We affirm.

Plaintiff has a flexion contracture of the finger...

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