Bigham v. Swift & Company

HAMITER, Justice.

On September 23, 1954 Will Bigham instituted this suit against his employer, Swift & Company, and also against the latter’s compensation insurer, Security Mutual Insurance Company of Chicago, Illinois, seeking recovery under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, LSA-R.S. 23:1021 et seq., as for total and permanent disability. In his original and supplemental petitions he alleged that an accident that occurred on or about September 24, 1953, while he was acting in the course and scope of his employment, caused certain described injuries in the region of his back, or aggravated a…