Legal Opinion
Bronson v. Harris Ice Cream Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 2, 1922No. 24188PublishedCited by 34 opinions
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Wynne G. Rogers, Judge. Proceeding by W. T. Bronson against the Harris lee Cream Company, Inc., for compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. Erom judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
Plaintiff suffered an injury to his knee in the course of his employment at defendant’s ice cream factory. He sues under the Workmen’s Compensation Act and its amendments (Acts 20 of 1914; 243 of 1916; 38 of 1918) as for total disability. He describes the accident as follows:
“I started to go up on the elevator, and there was a large hole in the elevator. I stepped to the side of it, but the elevator there was ver*' slippery with ice and cream, and before I knew it my left foot slipped into the hole; and the elevator was pulled by hand, by a negro pulling a rope by hand, and he took a long…
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3Cited by34 opinions
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