Legal Opinion

Finley v. Hardware Mutual Insurance

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided June 28, 1957No. 8677PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GLADNEY, Judge.

Plaintiff, Roy E. Finley, on August 14, 1956, instituted this action to recover workmen’s compensation from his former employer, Williamson Motors, Inc., and its insurer, Hardware Mutual Insurance Company. From a judgment in favor of the defendant, rejecting his demands, plaintiff has appealed.

The most serious issue presented is whether the employee’s disability manifested at the time of trial bears a causal relation to an accident sustained by Finley on December 1, 1955, while in the employment of Williamson Motors, Inc. The injury then received, diagnosed as an acute back…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Mottet v. Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1952
  2. Fruge v. Pacific Employers Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1954
  3. Strother v. Standard Acc. Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1953
  4. Fruge v. Pacific Employers Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1954
  5. Coon v. Germany Iron WorksLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1955

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Finley v. Hardware Mutual Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1959
  2. Sims v. Times-Picayune Publishing Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1961
  3. Smiley v. La Salle Timber Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1958

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