UPCHURCH v. BITUMINOUS INS. CO.

No. 13057.

340 So.2d 627 (1976)

Beulah UPCHURCH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BITUMINOUS INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 10, 1977.

Writ Refused March 11, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blanchard, Walker, O'Quin & Roberts by Jerald L. Perlman, Shreveport, for Bituminous Ins. Co.

Eugene J. Coen, Shreveport, for Beulah Upchurch.

Before BOLIN, HALL and JONES, JJ.


En Banc. Rehearing Denied January 10, 1977.

JONES, Judge.

This is a suit by the plaintiff, age 16 at the time of injury, for total and permanent disability benefits under the Louisiana Workmen's Compensation Law, and for penalties and attorneys' fees based upon arbitrary and capricious termination of benefits.

Plaintiff had been working in his employer's machine shop for a period of five weeks when he sustained an injury to his left hand (his dominant...

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