RUF v. DARRELL DeMOSS PHOTOGRAPHERS

No. 90-CA-211.

568 So.2d 1157 (1990)

Cheryl R. RUF, Individually and on Behalf of her Minor children, Sharon A. Ruf and Stephen C. Ruf v. DARRELL DeMOSS PHOTOGRAPHERS and State Farm Fire and Casualty Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Writ Denied December 14, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph F. LaHatte, Jr., Cecelia F. Abadie, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Teresa C. Leyva, Denis Paul Juge, Sutherland, Juge, Horack & Dwyer, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Before CHEHARDY, GAUDIN and GRISBAUM, JJ.


GRISBAUM, Judge.

This is a worker's compensation matter in which the plaintiff (decedent's wife) is appealing the trial court's award of benefits, and the defendant (employer) is appealing the trial court's finding that the decedent's heart attack occurred while in the course and scope of his employment and was "causally" connected. Additionally, the defendant is appealing the award of penalties and attorney's fees. We amend in part, and as amended, affirm.

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