Prud v. Myers Bros., Inc.

PRICE, Judge.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff in a workmen’s compensation suit from a judgment of the district court rejecting his claim for benefits under the Louisiana Workmen’s Compensation Statute for a total and permanent disability.

Jewel Prud was a truck driver employed by Myers Brothers, Inc. of Shreveport, Louisiana, engaged in hauling produce in interstate commerce. Prud contends that while en route from Tampa, Florida, to Shreveport, Louisiana, during the latter part of February, 1968, he stopped his truck in Mobile, Alabama, for refueling. In the process of getting out of the…