Case Name: James L. MARTIN v. PALA, INC. and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1983-11-18
Citations: 441 So. 2d 205
Docket Number: No. 83-C-2173
Parties: James L. MARTIN v. PALA, INC. and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company.
Judges: MARCUS & LEMMON, JJ., would grant the writ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 441
Pages: 205–205

Head Matter:
James L. MARTIN v. PALA, INC. and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company.
No. 83-C-2173.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Nov. 18, 1983.

Opinion:
In Re: Pala, Inc. and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, applying for Certiorari, or writ of Review, to the court of Appeal First Circuit, Number 82-CA-0829, 439 So.2d 1094, from the Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Iberville, Number 25,582 Division "B".
Denied.
MARCUS & LEMMON, JJ., would grant the writ.
BLANCHE, Justice, would grant the writ.
The plaintiff has the same burden of proof in compensation cases as in other civil disputes. The jurisprudential "presumption" applied by the majority of the court in Hammond v. Fidelity and Casualty Co. oí New York, 419 So.2d 829 (La.1982) would not be applicable here as the chain of causation was broken by the plaintiff's full recovery and his further disability thereafter was not work related.