Craft v. Gulf Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twelfth Judicial District Court, Parish of Yernon; John H. Boone, Judge. Suit under the Employers’ Liability Act by Armsted Craft against the Gulf Lumber Company for compensation for injuries. Compensation was awarded, and the employer appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
This suit is for compensation under the State Employers’ Liability Act, Act 38 of 1918.
The plaintiff alleges that he was employed to work at defendant’s sawmill, and was assigned to straightening lumber on the transfer table behind the edger, for which he was paid $3 per day or $18 per week; that while *283engagéd in said work, a large piece of lumber fell from said table and struck bim in the lower right side of bis abdomen with such force and violence as to produce a large hernia; that the injury is permanent, and disables him from’ doing work of a reasonable character, and that he is entitled…
2Cited by37 opinions
- Hemphill v. Tremont Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1946
- Jackson v. Travelers' Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1934
- Talbot v. Trinity Universal Insurance CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1957
- Wright v. Louisiana Ice & Utilities Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1931
- Hicks v. Meridian Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
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