Duplechain v. Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance

LOTTINGER, Judge.

This is a suit for total and permanent disability under the Louisiana Workmen’s Compensation Laws, LSA-R.S. 23:1021 et seq. The Lower Court dismissed petitioner’s demand and rendered judgment in favor of the defendant. The petitioner has appealed.

The facts show that on or about October 15,1955, petitioner was employed by Clifford E. Fontenot as a “cotton pumper” at the cotton gin of Fontenot located in the Parish of St. Landry, Louisiana. Petitioner claims that while engaged in his work for Fontenot he sustained an accidental injury resulting in a right inguinal hernia. The…