Bellard v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.

FRUGÉ, Judge.

This is a workmen’s compensation suit brought by plaintiff-appellant, Joseph Bel-lard, for total and permanent disability as a result of an accident which allegedly occurred during the course and scope of his employment with Rice By-Products, Inc., of Crowley, Louisiana. The defendant-appellee is Aetna Casualty & Surety Company.

The plaintiff claims that he injured his back on August 19, 1960 while working for defendant’s insured, stacking sacks of rice. The lower court rendered judgment for the defendant and dismissed plaintiff’s case; from this judgment plaintiff appeals.

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