COTTONHAM v. ROCKWOOD INS. CO.

No. 8262.

403 So.2d 773 (1981)

Danny Kent COTTONHAM, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ROCKWOOD INSURANCE COMPANY OF ROCKWOOD, PENNSYLVANIA, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 22, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fruge & Vidrine, Jack C. Fruge, Ville Platte, for defendant-appellant.

Andrus & Preis, Gary McGoffin, Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before DOMENGEAUX, GUIDRY and SWIFT, JJ.


DOMENGEAUX, Judge.

In this workmen's compensation case, the main issue is whether the "odd lot" doctrine, recently introduced into our jurisprudence by the Louisiana Supreme Court, should be applied to prevent an award of total disability to one, such as plaintiff herein, who is at all times in substantial disabling pain but who, due to a set of fortuitous circumstances, including the forbearance of his employers, was employed at the time of the trial, and...

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