Ellis v. American Foods

This is a suit brought under the provisions of the workmen's compensation statute, Act 20 of 1914, in which the only question at issue is whether the plaintiff has carried the burden of proof as required by law, to show that she sustained the ventral hernia she now complains of as the result of an accident while she was engaged in the course of her employment by the defendant, American Foods, Inc. The trial judge held that she had not and rendered judgment against her rejecting her demand and dismissing her suit. From that judgment she has taken this appeal.

In her petition, plaintiff alleges…