HARGE v. MCC SPECIALTY CONTRACTORS, INC.

No. 94-CA-790.

650 So.2d 425 (1995)

Willie HARGE v. MCC SPECIALTY CONTRACTORS, INC. and Lumbermen's Underwriting Alliance.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 19, 1995.

Writ Denied April 20, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth M. Plaisance, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee Willie Ray Harge.

David J. Bourgeois, Roy E. Sasser, Metairie, for defendants-appellants MCC Specialty Contractors, Inc. and Lumbermen's Underwriting Alliance.

Robert Angelle, Bruce Barielle, Metairie, for intervenor-appellee Mercy Hosp. of New Orleans, Inc.

Before KLIEBERT, C.J., and GRISBAUM and WICKER, JJ.


KLIEBERT, Chief Judge.

In this worker's compensation case, defendant, MCC Specialty Contractors, Inc. (MCC), appeals the finding that the plaintiff Willie Harge's coronary bypass surgery following his collapse at work from heat stroke is compensable under LSA-R.S. 23:1021(7)(e). The plaintiff, a laborer at MCC, collapsed while in the course and scope of a job at Elmwood Fitness Center, on May 15, 1992. He was diagnosed as having suffered from heat stroke, which was...

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