COLEMAN v. TIMES-PICAYUNE PUBLISHING CORP.

No. CA-8325.

516 So.2d 1325 (1987)

Louis M. COLEMAN v. The TIMES-PICAYUNE PUBLISHING CORPORATION, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 14, 1988.

Writ Denied March 18, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Donovan, James L. Donovan, Jr., Roberto R. Arostegui, Metairie, for plaintiff/appellant.

John P. Manard, Jr., G. Bruce Parkerson, Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, New Orleans, for defendants/first appellants, defendants/second appellees.

Before GULOTTA, C.J., and SCHOTT and BYRNES, JJ.


SCHOTT, Judge.

The principal issue in this worker's compensation case is how to compute the pre-accident earnings of plaintiff, who was under contract with the Times Picayune newspaper company (hereinafter appellant) as an independent newspaper distributor or dealer. A secondary issue concerns appellant's entitlement under LSA R.S. 23:1225 to a credit for social security benefits received by plaintiff. Plaintiff was injured while engaged in his occupation on February...

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