O'DONNELL v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

No. 7858.

338 So.2d 981 (1976)

Frank A. O'DONNELL v. The CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

October 13, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kierr, Gainsburgh, Benjamin, Fallon & Lewis, Ronald K. Gurley, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Thomas P. Anzelmo, Sr., Jackson P. McNeely, Philip S. Brooks, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

Before LEMMON, GULOTTA and BEER, JJ.


BEER, Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant, Frank O'donnell, claims total and permanent disability caused by an on-the-job injury resulting in painful and complex fractures of the long and index fingers of his right hand. The trial court entered judgment in his favor but limited the award to a "scheduled loss," and he appeals.

At the pertinent time, O'Donnell was forty-three years old, married and father of three children. He had lost his left arm below the elbow prior...

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