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LANDRY v. NATIONAL GYPSUM CO.

No. 8862.

354 So.2d 739 (1978)

George LANDRY v. NATIONAL GYPSUM COMPANY and Kemper Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 14, 1978.

Writ Refused March 31, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zelden & Zelden, Max Zelden and Michael D. Zelden, for plaintiff-appellee.

Hammett, Leake, Hammett, Hulse, Nelson, Craig R. Nelson, New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

Before REDMANN, GULOTTA, BOUTALL, SCHOTT and BEER, JJ.

SCHOTT, Judge.

Plaintiff's employer and its workman's compensation insurer have appealed from a judgment awarding him benefits for total and permanent disability because of his contraction of the occupational disease, asbestosis and/or pneumoconiosis pursuant to LSA-R.S. 23:1031.1.

Plaintiff's job consisted of breaking up blocks of asbestos and feeding it into a grinder. This operation naturally caused asbestos particles to be present in the atmosphere in...

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