Legal Opinion
Fortenberry v. Kingsville Timber Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 27, 1961No. 5440PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ELLIS, Judge,
The plaintiff in this suit seeks to recover total and permanent disability benefits under the Workmen’s Compensation Act LSA-R.S. 23:1 et seq., for injuries received in an accident which occurred on May IS, 1959. The plaintiff was employed as a member of a logging crew cutting, loading and hauling pulpwood near the Mississippi levee in East Baton Rouge Parish. During the logging operations he decided to cut down two trees with a power saw. When he cut one of the trees it fell against another tree, and as he was cutting this tree in order to free both of the trees, the small tree…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Edwards v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1959
- Page v. Tremont Lumber Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1958
- Houston v. Atlas Sewing Centers, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1960
- Hair v. Williams Bros., Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1932
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Loveless v. Thos. W. Hooley & SonsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1962
- Davis v. Buquet & LeBlanc, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1963