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Thomas C. BLAKELY v. CAMERON IRON WORKS, INC.
    No. 13040.
    Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.
    Jan. 21, 1980.
    William Henry Sanders, Jena, for appellant.
    Edward C. Abell, Jr. and Chris G. Robbins, Onebane, Donohoe, Bernard, Torian Diaz, McNamara & Abell, Lafayette, for appellee.
    Before COVINGTON, LOTTINGER and COLE, JJ.
   COLE, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment denying workmen’s compensation benefits. We affirm. Plaintiff has failed to prove by a preponderance of evidence that his disability was causally connected to a work-related accident. La.R.S. 23:1031; Blacher v. Matlack, Inc., 349 So.2d 916 (La.App. 1st Cir. 1977). Costs are to be paid by plaintiff-appellant.

AFFIRMED.