Williamson v. Travelers Insurance

BENJAMIN C. DAWKINS, Jr., Chief Judge.

Filed in the State Court, and removed here1 by defendant on grounds of diversity of citizenship,2 with more than $3,-000 being in controversy,3 the action is for weekly benefits of $30 each during plaintiff’s alleged disability, not to exceed 400 weeks, under the Louisiana Workmen’s Compensation Law, LSA-R. S. 23:1021 et seq.

The background facts are not in serious dispute, the single issue being whether plaintiff’s present total disability, which is practically conceded and is presumably permanent, is the result of a compensable accidental injury, as he…