Opinion ID: 1946280
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Heading: Statutory Provisions Involved

Text: In the worker's compensation statute, after the provisions for total and permanent disability, there is a schedule of specific losses accompanied by a provision for the number of weeks of compensation payable in each instance. The loss of one eye, for example, calls for an award of sixty-six and two-thirds per cent of wages for one hundred weeks, La.R.S. 23:1221(4)(i), (one eye provision), while the loss of both eyes, in the absence of conclusive proof to the contrary, constitutes permanent total disability. La.R.S. 23:1221(4)(j) (both eyes provision). Partial loss of an anatomical member which is permanent warrants a proportionately smaller award corresponding to the degree of impairment of the member. La.R.S. 23:1221(4)( o ) (Partial loss provision). In case of serious permanent impairment of a physical function not falling within any other provision, the court may allow reasonable and proportionate compensation, not to exceed sixty-six and two-thirds percent of wages for one hundred weeks. La.R.S. 23:1221(4)(p) (omnibus provision).