POWELL v. JOHNS-MANVILLE SALES CORP.

No. 5-148.

410 So.2d 308 (1982)

Thomas POWELL, Sr. v. JOHNS-MANVILLE SALES CORPORATION, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

February 9, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. H. Gertler, New Orleans, for Thomas Powell, Sr. plaintiff-appellee cross-appellant.

Thomas M. Nosewicz and Donna G. Klein of Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, for Johns-Manville Sales Corp. a/k/a Johns-Manville Products Corp. defendant-appellant cross-appellee.

Before BOUTALL, CHEHARDY and KLIEBERT, JJ.


BOUTALL, Judge.

In this Workmen's Compensation suit judgment was rendered in favor of the employee decreeing him partially disabled and awarding benefits. The employer appealed and the employee also appealed.

Thomas Powell, Sr., was an employee of the defendant, Johns-Manville Sales Corporation for thirty-nine years doing various jobs involving labor. About April 10, 1980, he was examined and found to be suffering from asbestosis. At this time he was working...

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