WOKOMA v. HAWK PIPE SERVICE, INC.

No. 86-526.

509 So.2d 665 (1987)

Charles Wilkinson WOKOMA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HAWK PIPE SERVICE, INC. & Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

May 13, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Debra Jean Becnel, and Thomas J. Miller, Michael S. O'Brien, Lafayette, for defendants-appellants.

J.M. Wooderson, Darrel Desormeaux, Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before DOMENGEAUX, DOUCET and KNOLL, JJ.


DOUCET, Judge.

This worker's compensation suit arises from personal injuries sustained by plaintiff, Charles Wokoma, when he slipped and fell off of a pipe he was cleaning on May 30, 1984, while in the employ of Hawk Pipe Services, Inc.

Subsequent to the accident, plaintiff was seen by a number of physicians, the first of which was Dr. Mark Tolson. Dr. Tolson referred plaintiff to Dr. Charles Williams and Dr. Williams, after examining plaintiff, diagnosed...

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