Brown v. N. O. Compress Co.

WE STERFIELD, Judge.

This is a suit under the Workmen’s Compensation Law (Act No. 20 of 1914, as amended). Jim Brown, a negro laborer employed by the New Orleans Compress Company, was injured in the course of his employment on January 10, 1930, when some falling cotton struck him on his right leg and incapacitated him. He was paid compensation at the rate of $14.04 per week for 175 weeks or until the 10th day of April, 1933, after which no further payments were made. On August 18, 1933, Brown instituted this suit against his employer and its insurance carrier, the New Amsterdam Casualty…