LOPEZ v. U.S. FIDELITY & GUAR. INS. CO.

No. 87-32.

524 So.2d 760 (1988)

Margaret Matthews LOPEZ, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY INSURANCE CO., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

February 3, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin, Taulbee, Rowe & Bares, Randall L. Champagne, Kenny L. Oliver, Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellee.

Gachassin, Hunter & Sigur, Nicholas Gachassin, Susan Severance, Lafayette, for defendant-appellant.

Before GUIDRY, YELVERTON, JJ., and SWIFT, J. Pro Tem.


G. WILLIAM SWIFT, Jr., Judge Pro Tem.

The issue before this court is whether or not the trial court erred in granting worker's compensation death benefits to plaintiff, the widow of the deceased, finding that his death was causally related to his employment.

The plaintiff, Margaret Lopez, widow of Walter Lopez, Sr., filed suit individually and on behalf of her daughter, to recover worker's compensation death benefits allegedly due on his death. Walter Lopez...

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