Bigler v. Texas N.O.R. Co.

In this suit, plaintiff seeks to recover compensation under the Louisiana Workmen's Compensation Law (Act No. 20 of 1914, as amended) at the maximum rate of $20 per week for a period of 400 weeks for total permanent disability resulting from an accident on May 12, 1939, in which he lost his right hand.

There is no dispute as to plaintiff's employment and his rate of pay at the time of the accident, about the injuries he received, that plaintiff was performing services arising out of and incidental of his employment in the course of defendant's business, trade and occupation, and that plaintiff…