Case Name: John Sidney McKEAN, Appellant, v. W. HORACE WILLIAMS COMPANY, Inc., et al., Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1960-06-28
Citations: 280 F.2d 267
Docket Number: No. 17776
Parties: John Sidney McKEAN, Appellant, v. W. HORACE WILLIAMS COMPANY, Inc., et al., Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 280
Pages: 267–272

Head Matter:
John Sidney McKEAN, Appellant, v. W. HORACE WILLIAMS COMPANY, Inc., et al., Appellees.
No. 17776.
United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.
June 28, 1960.
John R. Brown, Circuit Judge, dissented.
Frederick J. Gisevius, Jr., Robert F. Shearman, John G. Discon, George M. Leppert, New Orleans, La., for appellant.
Christopher Tompkins, New Orleans, La., Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, La., of counsel, for appellees.
Before HUTCHESON, TUTTLE and BROWN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant, plaintiff below, sued defendant, appellee, for the benefits provided by the Louisiana Workmen's Compensation Act, LSA-R.S. 23:1021 et seq., and, in addition, sought to recover statutory penalties and attorneys' fees under LSA-R.S. 22:658.
The district judge, in a careful opin-' ion, found for the plaintiff on the claim for compensation but, on the authority of Sumrall v. J. C. Penney, La.App., 101 So.2d 758, then pending in the Supreme Court, denied the claim for statutory penalties and attorneys' fees, "preserving to the plaintiff the right to raise the point on appeal, by which time the Supreme Court of Louisiana will doubtless have decided the issue".
On April 25, 1960, the Supreme Court affirmed the denial of statutory penalties and attorneys' fees in the Sumrall case, and on its authority we affirm the district judge's denial of penalties and attorneys' fees in this case.
Affirmed.
. 166 F.Supp. 526, 529.
. 120 So.2d 67.