Bradley v. Blakely

DREW, Judge.

Plaintiff sued for compensation at the rate of $5.85 per week for a period of 100 weeks, for the loss of his left eye. He 'alleged that he was employed by defendant to cut pulp wood at an agreed price of 75 cents per cord, and while he was performing his duties under said employment and was in the act of cutting pulp wood, that a chip was thrown up by the axe and struck him in the left eye, causing total blindness, and later the eye had to be removed. He alleged that the employment was one that came under the purview of the Workmen’s Compensation Act of Louisiana (Act No. 20 of…