MARTINEZ v. EQUITABLE EQUIPMENT COMPANY

No. 7471.

330 So.2d 634 (1976)

Silverio MARTINEZ v. EQUITABLE EQUIPMENT COMPANY and Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

April 13, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Stevenson, Metairie, for plaintiff-appellee.

Normann & Normann, Charles E. Leche, New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

Before SAMUEL, LEMMON and STOULIG, JJ.


STOULIG, Judge.

Plaintiff, Silverio Martinez, obtained a judgment awarding him workmen's compensation benefits of $49 per week for a period not to exceed 500 weeks plus medical expenses, on a finding he suffered a disabling back injury sustained in the course and scope of his employment as a grinder. Defendants, Equitable Equipment Company, his employer, and its insurer, Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York, have appealed. We affirm.

Defendants concede...

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