Turner v. Oliphant Oil Corporation

DREW, Judge.

This is a suit under the Workmen’s Compensation Act of Louisiana. Plaintiff alleged he was totally and permanently disabled in an accident while performing duties within the course and scope of his employment with defendant. He was awarded compensation by the lower Court in the sum of $20 per week for a period of 400 weeks and from this judgment defendant prosecutes this appeal.

The Oliphant Oil Corporation is in the business of producing oil and is what is known as a producing company. It does not do its own drilling or its own refining. It produces and sells oil. The Corporation…