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HARRIS v. WEST JEFFERSON HOSP.

No. 86-CA-134.

494 So.2d 565 (1986)

Ethel M. HARRIS v. WEST JEFFERSON HOSPITAL and Travelers Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 17, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Scott Carter, Wiedemann & Fransen, New Orleans, for Ethel M. Harris, plaintiff-appellee.

Claude D. Vasser, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, for West Jefferson Hosp. and Travelers Ins. Co., defendant-appellant.

Before GAUDIN and DUFRESNE, JJ., and NACCARI, J. Pro Tem.

J. BRUCE NACCARI, Judge Pro Tem.

In this worker's compensation case, the defendant-employer and its insurer appeal from a judgment awarding the plaintiff-employee total and permanent disability benefits for a work-related ankle injury pursuant to LSA-R.S. 23:1221(2), as enacted in 1975 and prior to the legislative amendments of 1983 and 1985. We affirm.

The plaintiff was employed by West Jefferson General Hospital as a cook when, on February 22, 1983, while...

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