HENNINGER v. U.S. FID. & GUARANTY CO.

No. 9180.

357 So.2d 96 (1978)

Merril L. HENNINGER v. UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY CO. and Schaff Brothers, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 11, 1978.

Writ Refused June 2, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kronlage, Dittman & Caswell, Albert S. Dittman, Jr., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Montgomery, Barnett, Brown & Read, Charles A. Boggs, Sylvia Landry, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Before REDMANN, LEMMON and GULOTTA, JJ.


GULOTTA, Judge.

Plaintiff, a 41-year-old licensed plumber, appeals from a workmen's compensation award based on permanent partial disability of a leg resulting from a torn cartilage injury which required surgical removal of the cartilage.

It is plaintiff's contention that the trial judge erred in failing to award benefits based upon permanent total disability and in failing to hold the "medical portion of plaintiff's case open" for "medical benefits" under...

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