Deville v. Dennis

MOUTON,' Judge.

Plaintiff claims he suffered a hernia while he was, with other employees of defendant, carrying a sill which was to be used in the construction of a derrick.

In his petition the allegations are, substantially, that they were carrying the sill by means of lug hooks, three or four men being “on the front end,” one behind these and with two men in the rear; that on approaching the derrick with the sill, the men on the front end of the sill suddenly, and without warning, dropped their end of the sill, which threw the whole weight of that part of the sill on petitioner and the other…