Henbest v. Travelers Insurance Co.

WILLIAMS, Judge.

This is a suit for workmen’s compensation. Plaintiff, Roy M. Henbest, was employed as a stone planerman by B & B Cut Stone Company in Shreveport, Louisiana. On April 27,. 1968 he was injured when a stone slab weighing approximately 2000 pounds fell against him and pinned his left leg to the floor. Plaintiff was taken to Doctors Hospital where he was x-rayed and given first aid. The following day plaintiff consulted his family physician, Dr. Robert Earl Braswell, a general practi*431tioner, who found plaintiff had suffered abrasions to both elbows; swelling, tenderness and bruises…