BRYANT v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE, INC.

No. 81-C-3166.

414 So.2d 322 (1982)

Melvina BRYANT v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE, INC. and ABC Insurance Company.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 17, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. B. Ogden, II, New Orleans, for defendant-applicant.

Frank S. Bruno, of Bruno & Bruno, New Orleans, for plaintiff-respondent.


DENNIS, Justice.

Plaintiff, Melvina Bryant, sustained a work-related injury on May 26, 1975. At this time the worker's compensation statute limited an employee to $12,500 in medical benefits unless she could show she would sustain undue and unusual hardship if additional benefits were not furnished by the employer. By doing so an employee could collect up to $12,500 for additional necessary medical care. La.R.S. 23:1203 (1950), as amended by 1968 Acts, No. 103, &...

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