HYMES v. MONROE MACK SALES

No. 28768-CA.

682 So.2d 871 (1996)

Felix HYMES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MONROE MACK SALES and Royal Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

October 30, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hunter, Scott, Blue & Johnson by Louis G. Scott, Bastrop, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Juge, Napolitano, Leyva & Guilbeau by Jeffrey C. Napolitano and Lawrence B. Frieman, Metairie, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before NORRIS, BROWN and CARAWAY, JJ.


NORRIS, Judge.

In this compensation case, the Workers Compensation Hearing Officer ("WCHO") awarded the claimant, Felix Hymes, temporary total disability benefits, medical expenses, penalties and attorney fees. Finding that the WCHO committed manifest error in holding that Hymes's perirectal abscess, with complications, was an occupational disease characteristic of and peculiar to his employment as a truck driver and maintenance worker, we reverse.

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