COUSINS v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

No. 90-CA-1110.

580 So.2d 536 (1991)

Eugene V. COUSINS v. The CITY OF NEW ORLEANS and the New Orleans Fire Department.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

May 16, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward P. Gothard, Edward J. McCloskey, McCloskey, Langenstein & Stoller, New Orleans, for plaintiff/appellant.

William Aaron Jr., City Atty., Val K. Scheurich, III, Deputy City Atty., Beverly Zervigon, Acting Chief Deputy Atty., Joyce M. Gerdes, Louella Givens, Asst. City Attys., New Orleans, for defendants/appellees.

Before ARMSTRONG, PLOTKIN and BECKER, JJ.


ARMSTRONG, Judge.

Plaintiff, Eugene V. Cousins, appeals the trial court's judgment granting defendant, The City of New Orleans (the "City"), an offset for worker's compensation benefits based upon his receipt of disability benefits from the Firefighters' Pension and Relief Fund. We now reverse.

Plaintiff filed this worker's compensation suit after the City rejected a recommendation in his favor issued by the Office of Workers' Compensation. The parties stipulated...

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