JONES v. ORLEANS PARISH SCHOOL BD.

No. 10156.

370 So.2d 677 (1979)

Melvin C. JONES, Sr. v. ORLEANS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD and ABC Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

April 10, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith A. Rodriguez, J. Browne Larose, III, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Jefferson, Bryan & Gray, Trevor G. Bryan, New Orleans, for Orleans Parish School Bd., defendant-appellant.

Before LEMMON, GULOTTA and STOULIG, JJ.


STOULIG, Judge.

Defendant, the Orleans Parish School Board, has appealed a judgment awarding plaintiff, Melvin C. Jones, Sr., workmen's compensation benefits of $85 per week for 500 weeks, plus medical expenses for a back injury he sustained on March 4, 1976 during the course of his employment as a teacher. At the time of injury he was attempting to break up a fight between two fifth grade students at McDonogh No. 39 School in New Orleans.

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