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KNOTT v. WELLTECH, INC.

No. 82-493.

428 So.2d 1221 (1983)

Jason John KNOTT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WELLTECH, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

March 9, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Onebane & Associates, Graham N. Smith, Lafayette, for defendants-appellants.

Domengeaux & Wright, Richard C. Broussard, Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before STOKER, DOUCET and YELVERTON, JJ.

YELVERTON, Judge.

Plaintiff, Jason John Knott, was awarded worker's compensation benefits for total and permanent disability together with penalties and attorney's fees. Defendant-employer, Welltech, Inc., and its compensation insurer Liberty Mutual Insurance Company appealed. We affirm.

The accident happened in the oil field on August 29, 1980. Plaintiff, 19, was working on the "monkey board" on an oil rig. While pulling on a stand of pipe he felt pain in...

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