Garr v. Wyatt Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twelfth Judicial District Court, Parish of Sabine; John H. Boone, Judge. Suit for compensation under the Employers’ Liability Act by Zebedee G-arr against the Wyatt Lumber Company. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals, and plaintiff, answering the appeal, prays that the term of payment of the compensation be increased.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, J.
This is a suit for compensation under the Employers’ Liability Act (Act 20 of 1914, p. 44, as amended by Act 243 of 1916, p. 512, and as amended by Act 38 of 1918, p. 49).
While at work in defendant’s sawmill, performing services arising out of and incidental to his employment, plaintiff fell upon the log carriage and suffered a severe injury, as a result of which his left arm was paralyzed. He was earning $18 a week at the time of the accident. The district judge, holding that the case came within the provisions of subsection (e) of section 8 of the Act 38 of 1918, allowed plaintiff 55 per…
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