DUCHARME v. GARLAND BELONGIA

No. CA 88 1933.

544 So.2d 590 (1989)

Rita DUCHARME v. GARLAND BELONGIA and CNA Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

May 16, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott T. Gegenheimer, Baton Rouge, for Rita Ducharme.

Michael J. Harig, Baton Rouge, for Garland Belongia, CNA Ins. Co.

Before COVINGTON, C.J., and LOTTINGER and LeBLANC, JJ.


LOTTINGER, Judge.

Plaintiff, Rita Ducharme, filed this suit against defendants, Garland Belongia and American Casualty Company of Reading, Pennsylvania (CNA), seeking worker's compensation benefits for total permanent disability resulting from a traffic accident. The trial court held that the plaintiff's mental disability is non-compensable because it was not caused by any physical injury. Plaintiff appeals.

FACTS

On July 25, 1987, Rita Ducharme...

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