Doiron v. Baker-Wakefield Cypress Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Seventh Judicial District Court, Parish of Assumption; Paul Leche, Judge. Action by Leon Doiron, for the use of Walter Doiron, his son, against the Baker-Wake-field Cypress Company, Limited. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
Walter Doiron, aged not quite 16, lost his right hand and part of his arm while at work for the defendant. His complaint in that connection is that he was taken from the work he was employed to do as “sweeper” and “cleaner” of the shingle mill, and put to work at the “swing saw” in one of the apartments of the lumber plant, known as the “head mill,” and while thus at work met with the accident.
The “swing saw” at which he was working is made to swing back after its use in sawing each piece; that is, after sawing through the piece, it swings back some 10 or 12 inches, carried back by the weight…
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