CALAIS v. LOUIS ORTIS BOAT CO.

No. 83-205.

440 So.2d 970 (1983)

Gussy J. CALAIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LOUIS ORTIS BOAT COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 5, 1983.

Writ Denied January 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sera H. Russell, III, Lafayette, for defendant-appellant.

Brinkhaus, Dauzat & Falgoust, Jerry Falgoust, Opelousas, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before DOMENGEAUX, GUIDRY and CUTRER, JJ.


DOMENGEAUX, Judge.

This is a worker's compensation case in which plaintiff seeks on-the-job benefits for the disability which he allegedly occasioned as a result of his suffering from emphysema. From a judgment which was rendered in favor of the plaintiff, defendant-employer appeals.

Plaintiff had been employed by Burton Shipyard in Texas for a number of years before he moved to Louisiana. In 1978, while engaged in his Texas employment he had been diagnosed...

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