COUSINS v. LUMMUS CO.

No. 62001.

364 So.2d 993 (1978)

James P. COUSINS, Plaintiff-Appellant-Relator, v. The LUMMUS COMPANY and the Travelers Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied December 14, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Michael Cumberland, Badeaux, Discon, Cumberland & Barbier, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant-relator.

Michael A. Britt, Leach, Paysse & Baldwin, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees-respondents.


TATE, Justice.

The plaintiff sues his employer and its insurer for workmen's compensation benefits for total and permanent disability. The trial court awarded him benefits only for 100 weeks, and it denied his claim for total and permanent disability. The court of appeal affirmed. 355 So.2d 629 (La.App. 4th Cir. 1978).

We granted certiorari, 358 So.2d 640 (La. 1978), upon the plaintiff...

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