Legal Opinion
Cory v. Askew
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided March 12, 1929No. 3496PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtReynolds, J.
This is a suit under the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Act No. 20 of 1914, as amended). Plaintiff seeks judgment again,st defendant for $20 a week for 400 weeks and for $250 for expenditures for medical attention.
He alleges that he was employed by defendant at a daily wage of $5.50 and working seven days in the week, and that on August 15, 1927, he was accidentally injured in the course of his employment by a piece of iron pipe, which he was pushing, striking him on the left side of the lower part of the stomach, as he slipped and fell to the floor of a derrick on which he was standing.
He…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Ryland v. Harve M. Wheeler Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1919
- James v. Fellowes & Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1871
- Mohawk Oil Co. v. LayneSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1920
- Zwikel v. ZwikelSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1923
- State ex rel. Martin v. Police Jury of the Parish of St. CharlesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1876
3Cited by3 opinions
- Cory v. AskewSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1929
- White v. Tremont Lumber Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1932
- White v. Tremont Lumber Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1932