FLUKER v. WOOTEN INTERN. ENTERPRISES, INC.

No. 8044.

342 So.2d 261 (1977)

Zebe FLUKER v. WOOTEN INTERNATIONAL ENTERPRISES, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 15, 1977.

Writ Refused March 25, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Evangeline M. Vavrick, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

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

Before REDMANN, STOULIG and MORIAL, JJ.


REDMANN, Judge.

Defendant appeals from a judgment awarding workmen's compensation benefits for total and permanent disability from silicosis, plus penalty and attorney's fees. We affirm.

Plaintiff's pre-employment medical examination, including chest-x-ray, for a business entity related to defendant, did not indicate silicosis. Thus he proved contracting it at defendant's work.

The medical evidence is that plaintiff's "early silicosis which may or...

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