McElroy v. Kennedy

HARDY, Judge'.

This is a compensation suit in which plaintiff claimed total permanent disability at the maximum weekly rate from his employer and insurer. After trial there was judgment rejecting plaintiff’s demands, from which he has appealed.

Plaintiff, employed by defendant, T. L. Kennedy, was injured on July 24, 1952, while engaged in cutting timber on a tract of land in Union Parish. A pine tree felled by plaintiff and his co-worker struck a black gum tree, 'breaking a large limb therefrom, which limb fell upon plaintiff, striking him upon the head and inflicting serious and allegedly…