Dodd v. Lakeview Motors, Inc.

MILLS, Judge.

On May 2, 1931, while employed by the Lak.eview Motors, Inc., at Natchitoches, La., as a mechanic, Joe Dodd was struck in the-left eye by a flying piece of steel. The injury not yielding to simple remedies, on June 8, 1931, he was sent by his employer to Dr. Boaz, an eye specialist, at Shreveport, La. The physician testifies that the X-ray disclosed a piece of steel embedded in the eye; that the patient’s vision in that eye was failing, doe to uveitis, caused by the presence of the steel; that Dodd showed no symptoms and gave no history of syphilis.

Plaintiff continued in his…