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Editor's note: opinion released June 30, 2000

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No. 99-C-2676 JACK M. EDWARDS Versus SAWYER INDUSTRIAL PLASTICS, INC. ET AL. ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEAL, SECOND CIRCUIT, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION DISTRICT 1E LEMMON, Justice* This is a workers' compensation action in which plaintiff claimed physical disability caused by workplace exposure to toxic chemicals. The issue that prompted this court to grant certiorari is whether the record supports the workers' compensation officer's finding that plaintiff proved by a preponderance of the evidence that (1) he was disabled, totally or partially, and (2) his disabling physical condition was caused by exposure to styrene, a known neurotoxin,1 while working at defendant's industrial plastics plant.

Facts Plaintiff began his employment with defendant on March 1, 1990. He worked as a mixer2 for six months and as a lay-up technician3 until August 27, 1991, when his
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Traylor, J., not on panel.

Rule IV, Part 2,

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