Legal Opinion
Swan v. Baton Rouge Transp. Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 28, 1940No. 2133PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OTT, Judge.
The suit is to recover compensation 'for ■four hundred weeks at the rate of $11.375-per week plus medical expenses for total permanent disability resulting from an injury to plaintiff’s foot while he was working as a deck hand or helper on a ferryboat operated by the defendant company across the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and Port Allen in transporting pedestrian and vehicular traffic across-the said River. The injury occurred on November 1, 1937, and compensation was-paid to the plaintiff for 86 weeks thereafter. This suit is to recover for the full 4001 weeks, plus…
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- Washington v. W. C. Dawson & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1924
- T. Smith & Son, Inc. v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
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