Bertrand v. Coal Operators Casualty Company

*1117SUMMERS, Justice.

Certiorari was granted to review a judgment of the Third Circuit which denied the workmen’s compensation claim of plaintiff Milton Bertrand.

The employer, Courville Concrete Company, was engaged in the manufacture of concret culverts at Mamou in Evangeline Parish. Plaintiff, who was 57 years old in July 1964, had been employed with that firm for 16 years. As a principal part of his employment he was required to mix concrete, transport it by wheelbarrow, pour it into forms and otherwise perform heavy labor exposed to the heat of the sun in an unsheltered area of the…