Legal Opinion
Smith v. Highlands Insurance Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 5, 1969No. 3430PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARNETTE, Judge.
Plaintiff, Peter Smith, Jr., an unskilled laborer, brought suit against Highlands Insurance Company, the workmen’s compensation insurer of S. K. Whitty & Company, seeking benefits of $35 per week for 400 weeks, less a credit for compensation previously paid, and for medical expenses, penalties and attorney’s fees. He alleged that he has sustained total and permanent injuries as the result of a job accident when a large clump of mud fell into a hole in which he was working and struck him on the neck and shoulders causing him to sustain a rupture of the cervical spine. The…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Reed v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1960
- Bouley v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New YorkLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1966
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