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FERNANDES v. U.S. FIDELITY & GUAR. CO.

No. 84-982.

479 So.2d 700 (1985)

Rodney FERNANDES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 12, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gist, Methvin, Hughes & Munsterman, David A. Hughes, Alexandria, for defendant-appellant.

Kelly & Salim, Robert L. Salim & Michael I. Murphy, Natchitoches, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before DOMENGEAUX, STOKER and KNOLL, JJ.

KNOLL, Judge.

United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company (hereafter USF & G), the workers' compensation insurer for Varco Homes, Inc. (hereafter Varco), appeals the trial court's judgment awarding Rodney Fernandes, one of Varco's employees, disability benefits for a 15% permanent partial disability of his right hand. The sole issue is whether the trial court erred in awarding benefits under LSA-R.S. 23:1221(4)(e) for disability of the hand rather than awarding...

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