CRUMP v. HARTFORD ACC. AND INDEM. CO.

No. 62299.

367 So.2d 300 (1979)

Valco CRUMP, Plaintiff-Appellee-Relator, v. HARTFORD ACCIDENT AND INDEMNITY COMPANY and National Gypsum Company, Defendants-Appellants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 29, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl G. Pitre, Metairie, for defendants-appellants-respondents.

Peter Frank Liberto, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee-relator.


TATE, Justice.

The plaintiff Crump claims workmen's compensation. He sues for benefits for total disability caused by an occupational disease (asbestosis) contracted during his employment with National Gypsum Company. La.R.S. 23:1031.1 (1975). His employer and its compensation insurer are made defendants.

The trial court awarded Crump compensation for total and permanent disability at the rate of $85.00 weekly, not to exceed 500 weeks in all. The court of...

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