Bailey v. Gifford Sand & Gravel Co.

The plaintiff in this case was injured while in the employ of the defendant on ,or about December IS, 1925. Suit was brought under the Employers’ Liability Law (Act No. 20 of 1914 as amended), and judgment was rendered allowing the plaintiff compensation for a period of twenty-seven weeks. The case was appealed to this court and, in a well-considered opinion by Judge Odom, the judgment of the lower court was amended so as to award compensation to the plaintiff on the basis of permanent, total disability for a period not to exceed four hundred weeks. 7 La. App. 513.

On September 17, 1931, the…