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BROOKS v. AVONDALE SHIPYARDS, INC.

No. 89-CA-1110.

553 So.2d 960 (1989)

Elvin BROOKS v. AVONDALE SHIPYARDS, INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied February 2, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank A. Bruno, Bruno & Bruno, New Orleans, for plaintiff/appellee.

Richard S. Vale, Blue, Williams & Buckley, Metairie, for defendant/appellant.

Before BYRNES, LOBRANO and WILLIAMS, JJ.

LOBRANO, Judge.

Plaintiff, Elvin Brooks, recovered the maximum compensation allowed under R.S. 23:1221(4)(p)1 for a burn to his wrist while in the employ of Avondale Shipyards. Avondale appeals asserting that (1) recovery under R.S. 23:1221(4)(p) is allowed only for disfigurement about the head and face, or that, at least, the disfigurement should be serious; (2) that R.S. 23:1221(4)(p) should be read together with subsection (q); (3)...

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