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ABSHIRE v. DRAVO CORP.

No. 8116.

396 So.2d 521 (1981)

Doris J. ABSHIRE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DRAVO CORPORATION et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

March 11, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Landry, Watkins & Bonin, James O. Salley, New Iberia, for defendants-appellants.

Thompson & Sellers, Rogers C. Sellers, Abbeville, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GUIDRY, CUTRER and LABORDE, JJ.

CUTRER, Judge.

This a workmen's compensation suit. The plaintiff, Doris Abshire, alleges that he was struck on the back by a large piece of salt which fell upon him while he was employed as a miner at Dravo Corporation's Weeks Island complex. Plaintiff had a pre-existing back condition caused by a fall in 1977.

After plaintiff was struck he contends that he could no longer do strenuous work. At the time of trial he was employed at a Burger Chef Restaurant...

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