COUSINS v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

No. 92-CA-0561.

608 So.2d 978 (1992)

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

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied January 28, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward P. Gothard, Edward J. McCloskey, McCloskey, Langenstein & Stoller, New Orleans, for applicant.

William D. Aaron, Jr., Richard C. Bates, Brett J. Prendergast, Jay A. Ginsberg, Beverly Zervigon, Val K. Scheurich, III, Belhia Martin, New Orleans, for respondents.


LEMMON, Justice.

We granted certiorari to determine whether the credit extended by La.Rev. Stat. 23:1225 to employers, if an employee collecting worker's compensation benefits from the employer also receives benefits from a disability plan funded at least in part by the employer, is applicable when the employee is also eligible for tenure-based retirement benefits under the same plan that provides the disability benefits.

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