Smith v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.

REGAN, Judge.

The plaintiff, Leonard Smith, a laborer, instituted this suit against his employer, the defendant, E. I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company, Inc., endeavoring to recover the sum of $14,000.00 under the Louisiana Workmen’s Compensation Act for total and permanent disability which he asserts was incurred in the course and scope of his employment.

The defendant answered and in effect denied that the plaintiff was either totally or permanently disabled and explained therein that prior to the termination of his employment, he was fully capable of resuming his former occupation.

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