Hoffman v. City of New Orleans

McBRIDE, Judge.

This is a workmen’s compensation suit in which the defendant, City of New Orleans, has appealed from a judgment rendered in favor of plaintiff, the widow and sole dependent of a deceased workman, awarding her compensation at the rate of $35 per week for the death of her husband, plus medical expenses in the sum of $554.60, and also $600 (the maximum) . as the cost of decedent’s funeral.

Arthur J. Hoffman, a 60-year-old white man, had been in the employ of the City for the five years preceding his death in the capacity of roofer, and counsel are in agreement that Hoffman’s…