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SCOTT v. INS. CO. OF NORTH AMERICA

No. 85-C-2160.

485 So.2d 50 (1986)

Geraldine R. SCOTT v. INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 31, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Simpson, Simpson & Schwartz, Amite, for plaintiff-applicant.

George J. Richaud, Young & Richaud, New Orleans, for defendant-respondent.

BLANCHE, Justice.

Wiley Scott, a truck driver, died of a heart attack at a Hammond, Louisiana truck stop while driving a tractor trailer en route to Savannah, Georgia from Baton Rouge for the purpose of delivering cargo for his employer. The single issue presented by this worker's compensation case is whether Geraldine Scott, wife of the deceased, is entitled to penalties and attorney's fees under R.S. 22:658 due to the insurer's failure to promptly pay death benefits...

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