Malbreaux v. Barber Bros.

TATE, Judge.

Defendant employer appeals from an award to plaintiff Malbreaux of workmen’s compensation benefits for total disability by reason of traumatic psychoneurosis resulting from an accident in the course of plaintiff’s employment. Defendant was allowed credit for 37 weeks’ compensation paid.

The undenied accident occurred at work on June 7, 1954, when Malbreaux’s right foot slipped into a ditch, causing his left buttocks and back to fall with some force upon the concrete pavement.

Plaintiff was examined and treated on the day of and during the week following the accident by Dr. Louis…