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Opinions in Louisiana that cite Bertrand v. Coal Operators Casualty Company, 221 So. 2d 816.
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Chapman v. Belden Corp.
428 So. 2d 396
La. 1983
Guidry v. Sline Industrial Painters, Inc., , (1969).
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Cook v. Marshall Bros. Lincoln-Mercury, Inc.
427 So. 2d 655
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1983
Parks v. Insurance Co. of North America , ibid; Ferguson v. HDE, Inc.
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Hebert v. Lake Charles American Press
427 So. 2d 916
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1983
Lott, Inc., Lucas v. Insurance Company of North America, supra at 596; , -28 (1969).
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Antilley v. Sentry Ins. Co.
426 So. 2d 1370
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1983
Lott, Inc., at 1092 (La.1980); at 1146 , at 827-28 (La.1968).
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Martin v. Orleans Parish School Bd.
427 So. 2d 83
La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1983
Co., , (1969); Malone & Johnson, supra, § 259, p. 572-3.
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Flood v. Hub Auto Parts, Inc.
425 So. 2d 941
La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1983
There are compensation cases in which awards were made where medical testimony established a reasonable possibility of a connection between a work related accident and a subsequent disability, , (1969), but in these cases plaintiff proved that there was an on the job accident with legal certainty.
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Martin v. Rollins Services Inc.
424 So. 2d 429
La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1982
(1969), Malone & Johnson, Workmens Compensation; section 259, Page 572-73 (2nd.
- Urbina v. Alois J. Binder Bakery, Inc. 423 So. 2d 765 La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1982
- Martin v. HB Zachry Co. 424 So. 2d 1002 La. 1982
- SCHNEIDER AS TUTRIX OF SCHNEIDER v. Strahan 422 So. 2d 1377 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1982
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Daney v. Argonaut Ins. Co.
421 So. 2d 331
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1982
Ferguson v. HDE, Inc., , (1968).
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Hammond v. Fidelity & Cas. Co. of New York
419 So. 2d 829
La. 1982
Allor v. Belden Corp., supra at 1236; Lindsey v. H. A. Lott, Inc., Lucas v. Insurance Company of North America, supra at 596; , -28 (1969).
- Adams v. New Orleans Public Service, Inc. 418 So. 2d 485 La. 1982
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Guillory v. US Fidelity & Guar. Ins. Co.
420 So. 2d 119
La. 1982
at 827 (1969), this Court expressly rejected the proposition that "an accident must either cause or aggravate the disease which is the cause of the disability," a proposition which had been espoused in Nickelberry v. Ritchie Grocer, 196 La.
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Guidry v. Sline Indus. Painters, Inc.
418 So. 2d 626
La. 1982
the leading case insofar as establishing the rebuttable causation presumption between the occurrence of an accident and the onset of disability.
- Blount v. Cooper Stevedoring Co., Inc. 416 So. 2d 358 La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1982
- Beaty v. Thiokol Corp. 414 So. 2d 1292 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1982
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Chapman v. Belden Corp.
414 So. 2d 1283
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1982
(1969) (on rehearing); Adams v. New Orleans Public Service, Inc., (La.1981), Docket No. 81-C-0784.
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Guidry v. SLINE INDUS. PAINTERS, INC.
406 So. 2d 303
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1982
However, the court added that the test for causal connection is whether the accident changed plaintiff's condition so as to render him disabled and unfit for his former employment
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Hammond v. Fidelity & Cas. Co. of New York
407 So. 2d 13
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1981
We are well aware of the legal principle relied upon by plaintiff, , that "Where there is proof of an accident and of a following disability, without any intervening cause, it is presumed that the accident caused the disability."
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Spillers v. Cities Service Co.
406 So. 2d 269
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1981
Adams v. New Orleans Public Service, Inc.
- Guillory v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. 401 So. 2d 543 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1981
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Rayfield ex rel. Rayfield v. City of New Orleans
398 So. 2d 1243
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1981
3 Cir. 1966), ; , (1968).’ This doctrine was recently reaffirmed in Fife v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation, (La.App.
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Adams v. New Orleans Public Serv., Inc.
395 So. 2d 470
La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1981
Co., 1969, , (16 years as heavy laborer); Ray v. City of New Orleans, La.App.
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Harrison v. Morgan Portable Building Corp.
400 So. 2d 1140
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1981
Ferguson v. HDE, Inc., supra; , (1968).
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Ferrand v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp.
398 So. 2d 37
La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1981
Ferguson v. HDE, Inc., , (1968) [sic].
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Allor v. Belden Corp.
393 So. 2d 1233
La. 1981
Co., , (1969); Malone & Johnson, supra, § 259, p. 572-3.
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Taylor v. Pullman Kellogg Corp.
387 So. 2d 1267
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1980
(1969), a worker engaged in making concrete culverts had two heart seizures which medical testimony revealed represented an aggravation of a pre-existing heart condition.
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Istre v. Hudson Engineering Corp.
386 So. 2d 366
La. 1980
3rd Cir. 1970); , (1969), that plaintiff need not demonstrate a drastic change or complete reversal of his lifestyle to meet this requirement.
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Hall v. Houston General Ins. Co.
377 So. 2d 561
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1980
We are well aware of the legal principle relied upon by plaintiff, , (1968), : "...
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Rowland v. Continental Oil Co., Inc.
374 So. 2d 734
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1979
23:1021(1) and (7); Ferguson v. HDE, Inc., , (1969) (on rehearing).
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Zachary v. Bituminous Cas. Corp.
371 So. 2d 1249
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1979
(1968); Williams v. Liberty Mutual Ins.
- Cormier v. Aetna Ins. Co. 368 So. 2d 461 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1979
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Lonzo v. Holsum Bakeries, Inc.
363 So. 2d 1280
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1978
(1968); and Vicknair v. Avondale Shipyards, Inc., (La.App.
- Ashworth v. Elton Pickering, Inc. 361 So. 2d 940 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1978
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Haughton v. Fireman's Fund Am. Ins. Companies
355 So. 2d 927
La. 1978
This simple guide, , (1969)
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Quine v. Ideal Cement Co.
351 So. 2d 1303
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1978
Ferguson v. HDE, Inc., , (1968).
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Crawford v. Al Smith P. & H. Service, Inc.
352 So. 2d 669
La. 1977
Co. of N. America, , (1969).
- Buse v. City of New Orleans 349 So. 2d 397 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1977
- Fields v. Sperry Rand Corp. 343 So. 2d 339 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1977
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Landreneau v. Travelers Insurance Co.
345 So. 2d 177
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1977
(1968), the plaintiff’s heart began to beat erratically and he almost blacked out and fell while he was at work.
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Chatelain v. American Can Co.
344 So. 2d 1180
La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1977
Ferguson v. HDE, Inc., , (1968); Whitworth v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp., La.App., (1961).
- Gales v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. 342 So. 2d 241 La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1977
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Griffin v. Crown Zellerbach Corp.
345 So. 2d 84
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1977
330 (1941); , (1968); Danziger v. Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Company, 245 La.
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Lucas v. Ins. Co. of North America
342 So. 2d 591
La. 1977
115 , (1969); certiorari denied, 247 La.
- St. Pe v. HP Foley Elec. Co. 341 So. 2d 639 La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1977
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Parks v. Insurance Co. of North America
340 So. 2d 276
La. 1976
Ferguson v. HDE, Inc., , (1968).
- Thompson v. Natchitoches Parish Hosp. Serv. Dist. 335 So. 2d 81 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1976
- Dougharty v. Calkraft Paper Co. 335 So. 2d 772 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1976
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Kelly v. Murco Drilling Corp.
332 So. 2d 876
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1976
The Supreme Court, while recognizing the general rule that a plaintiff must establish the causal relationship between the accident and his disability by a preponderance of evidence, held that the Johnson case fell within an exception to that rule, which was set forth in the opinion as follows : , (1969), we stated: “In a case such as the present one, where there is proof of an accident and of a following disability without any intervening cause, it is presumed that the accident caused the disabi