Racine v. Campti Lumber Co.

On August 1, 1947, plaintiff, while performing his duties under a contract of hiring with the defendant, Campti Lumber Company, experienced an accident wherein, according to allegations of his petition, the ankles and some of the bones thereabout were fractured; also, the flesh, muscles, etc. about the ankles were to some extent injured. He was paid compensation by his employer for thirteen weeks. At the end of that period he was discharged by attending physician who was of the opinion that his ability to do manual labor had been wholly restored. He did not return to work but employed an…