Legal Opinion
Wooten v. Toye Bros. Yellow Cab Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 8, 1954No. 20309PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
McBRIDE, Judge.
This suit which arises under the workmen’s compensation statute was filed by the widow of James Wooten, a deceased employee of Toye Bros. Yellow Cab Company. Alleging that her husband died of a cerebral hemorrhage on June 9, 1949, as a result of an electrical shock and/or physical exertion experienced on his job as an automotive mechanic and repairman, *448plaintiff claims of Toye Bros. Yellow Cab Company compensation at the rate of $23.-31 per week for 300 weeks, plus medical and funeral expenses. The defense is that Wooten’s death did not arise from an accident occurring within…
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- Stringer v. Brown Paper Mill Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1953
- Dossey v. International Paper Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1953
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- Norman Millet v. Godchaux Sugars, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957