Legal Opinion · Dissent
Fontenot v. J. Weingarten, Inc.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 3, 1971No. 50455Published
1Dissent
GLADNEY, Justice Ad Hoc
(dissenting). .
Louisiana’s Workmen’s' Compensation Act is restricted to injuries occurring in hazardous businesses, trades, or occupations, as designated in R.S. 23:1035. Included are those specifically enumerated and others indirectly by reason of certain hazardous characteristics.
We find in the last classification, hazardous businesses, involve “ * * * the construction, installation, operation, alteration, removal or repairs of wires, cables, switchboards or apparatus charged with electric current.”
The salient facts in the instant case disclose that Fontenot was…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Dollar Savings Bank v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Emmons v. Agricultural Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1963
- Fruge v. MuffolettoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1962
- Harrington v. Franklin's Stores Corp. of New IberiaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1951
- Coleman v. Sears, Roebuck & CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1955
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