The Globe Indemnity Company v. Charles Joseph Geiger

HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff brought this suit under the Louisiana Workmen’s Compensation Act, LSA-R.S. 23:1021 et seq., against the defendant, the insurer of his employer, Metal Building Products, Inc., alleging total and permanent disability and claiming compensation at the rate of $30 per week for a period of 400 weeks, less compensation payments made.

The defendant, admitting that it is the compensation insurer of Metal Building Products, Inc., and that it has refused to pay plaintiff compensation for the reason that he is not entitled to recover it, alleged that plaintiff continues in…